A batch of the best highlights from what Nathan's read, .
In an epic exchange between two billionaires, Jeff Bezos said:
“Peter Thiel is a contrarian, first and foremost. You just have to remember that contrarians are usually wrong.”
In an email to Ryan Holiday, Peter responded as such:
“Contrarians may be mostly wrong, but when they get it right, they get it really right.”
Peter Thiel's Religion - David Perell
perell.com
It’s enough to just keep moving in a forward direction, without competing with anyone. And, of course, there is no need to compare oneself with others.
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
We treat everything we’re doing—life itself, in other words—as valuable only insofar as it lays the groundwork for something else.