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Checkhov's Gun:
• When telling a story, if it's non-essential - don't include it.
"If you say in the 1st chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the 2nd or 3rd chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there."
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@george__mack on Twitter
Life-hack: When in bed, meditate. Either you will have a deep meditation or fall asleep. Victory either way.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson
Nature’s answer is a lot of good enough, below-potential traits across all species. Biologist Anthony Bradshaw says that evolution’s successes get all the attention, but its failures are equally important. And that’s how it should be: Not maximizing your potential is actually the sweet spot in a world where perfecting one skill compromises another.
Evolution has spent 3.8 billion years testing and proving the idea that some inefficiency is good.
We know it’s right.
So maybe we should pay more attention to it.
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
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