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Daring in design, cautious in execution—it was a formula he made his own throughout his career.
I think everyone who gets rich by their own efforts will be found to be in a situation with measurement and leverage. Everyone I can think of does: CEOs, movie stars, hedge fund managers, professional athletes. A good hint to the presence of leverage is the possibility of failure. Upside must be balanced by downside, so if there is big potential for gain there must also be a terrifying possibility of loss. CEOs, stars, fund managers, and athletes all live with the sword hanging over their heads; the moment they start to suck, they’re out. If you’re in a job that feels safe, you are not going to get rich, because if there is no danger there is almost certainly no leverage.
Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age
Paul Graham
Dawkins saw cultural transmission as analogous to genetic transmission and thus a mechanism of evolution in its own right. Language in particular can evolve much faster than organisms do, and nowhere is cultural transmission more important than in the form of ‘communicable’ ideas.
Darwin's Blind Spot: The Role of Living Interactions in Evolution
Frank Ryan
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