The skill – taste gap
In many areas of life our taste is for things that are better than the things that we can make ourselves. This makes sense with… Read More »The skill – taste gap
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Resource: SVG images with Inkscape in 6 minutes
SVG images (SVG = Scaleable Vector Graphics) are more or less what they sound like – images that can be scaled up or down without… Read More »Resource: SVG images with Inkscape in 6 minutes
The unforgiving minute (2): the hard part / the meaning of sustainability
See here for The Rules of the Game On the really hard part Solving a specific local problem – digging a well, running a small… Read More »The unforgiving minute (2): the hard part / the meaning of sustainability
Lant Pritchett: “Schooling ain’t learning; education ain’t investment.”
The Centre for Development and Enterprise (South Africa) has released a great interview with Lant Pritchett focusing on how nations develop. I’ll post a few… Read More »Lant Pritchett: “Schooling ain’t learning; education ain’t investment.”
Uncertainty about ends: Terry Pratchett on The Carpet People and what fantasy should be about
Forty-three year old Terry Pratchett on re-reading the original The Carpet People, which he wrote at 17: Hang on. I wrote that in the days… Read More »Uncertainty about ends: Terry Pratchett on The Carpet People and what fantasy should be about
Angela Duckworth on grit and goal hierarchies
This is really fun interview with Steve Levitt – recommended. ANGELA DUCKWORTH: The two-minute version of Grit is that when you look at high achievers,… Read More »Angela Duckworth on grit and goal hierarchies
Wesley’s Quadrilateral
John Wesley (1703-1791), founder of the Methodist movement, may have been surprised to have a quadrilateral named after him, but the idea (articulated by Albert… Read More »Wesley’s Quadrilateral
The unforgiving minute (1)
If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll… Read More »The unforgiving minute (1)
Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Yesterday’s post lead me to this piece from Ben Horowitz about the idea of task relevant maturity, an idea he lifted from Andy Grove: Everyone… Read More »Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Resource: Marc Andreessen on talent and hiring
Marc Andreessen is super smart, bracingly abrasive, and almost always worth listening to. This is a summary of a post from 2007, revived (embalmed?) on… Read More »Resource: Marc Andreessen on talent and hiring