“Instruction does much, but encouragement, everything.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The greatest luxury in life is being in an environment where your only responsibility is to learn
This might sound like college, but college is not a place to learn most useful things
The sweet spot is apprenticeship in a dynamic environment—a hypergrowth startup for example
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Possibly the first Briton to learn Mandarin, James Flint was a pathbreaker who tried to penetrate China's trade barriers and culture. https://t.co/MksjIJJvrP
Check out this beautiful article from my friend and NY Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country, Qian Julie Wang @nytimes. Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. https://t.co/qtwdrRp52S
Truth will ultimately prevail when there is pains to bring it to light. - George Washington
Federal Prosecutors drop criminal charges against MIT mechanical engineering professor Gang Chen, who was accused of hiding his China ties https://t.co/zQ9Ery53b8 via @WSJ
Interesting.....well, back to work.
Elon Musk has overtaken https://t.co/VdDNxeTHF6 founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person, driven by a meteoric rise in the value of Tesla https://t.co/oOvduC5AtO via @WSJ