Good screen for high-quality, enduring thinking:
Does the thinker *obsessively* love and pursue truth?
Above their ego? Above what they *want* to be true?
Are they intrinsically motivated by understanding reality *as it really is*, or do they prioritize other things?
Freedom and choice are fundamental to achieving the best outcomes. Rooting for @Primer and all others supporting freedom and creating high-quality choices for education.
30 years ago my mom founded one of the first microschools in Florida.
Gov. @JebBush fought the early, contrarian battles to unlock that education for our family and millions of others.
Quite a full-circle moment to sit down and discuss the state of US K-12 together:
Gone were the movies of Jamie Lee Curtis seducing Charlie Munger into buying internet stocks and Warren Buffett caddying for Tiger Woods. Gone was the consumption of Cherry Coke and Peanut Brittle (though both products were on the dais in their honor). Gone were the voluminous questions from eager youngsters asking for life advice.
Last weekend Woodstock for Capitalists had its first new host in 60 years. Greg Abel had to follow the toughest act to follow in business. Link in comments.
Well said.
Well-worth a read.
"The middle is still where the complications live, where the position is ambiguous and the thing no one modeled happens and you have to play the board as it is."
We are fortunate to live in the time that we do. Technologies of ambition are widespread, cognitive leverage is at an all-time high, and the potential returns on high-quality thought and execution are enormous. I am rather excited about this.
"The best human work is the work that only humans can do: work that is relational, and work that is creative. Everything that is not connection, creation, or curation (and their required ingredients e.g. character, wisdom, judgement) will eventually recede into the background."