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Here's my new interview with @balajis.First, we talked about how he learns fast and identifies talent. Then we talked about genomics, how to reverse aging, and why living forever is
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Online education is growing fast.This thread is like an Industry 101 course: 1. It's harder to sell a course than build one: The top online schools are run by people
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Writing a lot won’t make you a better writer.If it did everybody who answers 100 emails per day would write like Hemmingway.If you want to improve your writing, listen to
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Personal knowledge management is a booming field, but I’m surprised there isn’t an expert for group knowledge management.Such a profitable niche. Just think of all the companies who struggle to
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Every time I go to somebody’s house, I sneak a photo of their bookshelf.This one’s pretty good. Here’s the bookshelf in my room. Added a couple extra recommendations too.
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Literacy rates may be rising, but people are worse at understanding the Classics than they were 100 years ago There are two kinds of literacy, but we only measure one
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Playing lots of video games will give kids many of the skills they need to succeed in the future The cultural narrative around video games is that they’re bad for
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Writing operations-focused rules for my team:∙ Prize simplicity over performance∙ Reduce back-and-forth∙ Create systems for all repeated actions∙ Give responsibility to individuals, not teamsEvery urgent email or text message reveal
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The future of education looks like Y Combinator.Here are 10 things schools can learn from the program:1. Make the test matter: In school, most tests are boring and unimportant. At
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English is a combination of two languages.1) Anglo-Saxon influences, which came from Germany. 2) Latin speech influences, which came from Italy.Saxon words are shorter and simpler than Latin ones. Here's
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The state of online learning:1) YouTube will eat the low-end of the market.2) People will pay 5-15x more for live courses.3) The three biggest competitive advantages are the personality of
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School didn’t teach you how to write online.Here’s how writing online is different from what you learned in school.1. Distractions are everywhere: 90% of writing well is not getting distracted
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