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    I wrote 15,000 words about Peter Thiel. My goal was to write a simple, detailed, and easy-to-understand introduction to his ideas. But in a way that's never been done before. Instead of writing about business, I wrote about Thiel's Christian worldview.

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  2. The essay is DONE. 16,000 words, which makes it one of the longest essays I've ever written.

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  3. With that said, there's a very important counter-argument to this. Your perspective shifts when you meet somebody you admire. The time you spend with your intellectual hero might be more valuable than the efficiency gains of learning from a better, no-name teacher.

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  4. Top universities get teaching wrong. World-class experts are rarely the best teachers. They care more about their research, and many of them actually dread teaching. There's a better solution. Learn from the world's best TEACHERS instead.

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  5. As Nassim Taleb () says, look for opportunities with big upside and low downside. Then, create optionality. "Optionality frees us from the straightjacket of direction, predictions, plans, and narratives."

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  6. A brand just paid $5 million for a Super Bowl commercial, but you missed it because you were looking at your phone. Welcome to 2020.

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  7. Following friends during live sporting events isn’t as fun as it used to be. But following personalities is better than ever. Check out the Super Bowl tab at the top of your feed.

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  8. The death of Twitter’s chronological feed is bad for following live sports. The algorithmic feed makes people post tweets with a long, multi-day shelf-life. So... we no longer talk about what’s happening RIGHT now. Twitter should change its algorithm during the Super Bowl.

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  9. 18 hours ago

    1/4 Religions work as moral frameworks for 2 reasons: 1) Decisions of a moral nature are often fat-tailed & concave (defection results in consistent small upside w/ rare catastrophic downside) But society, and therefore the repercussions of our decisions, is too complex to grok

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  10. When the cost of failure is high, plan first and act second. When the cost of failure is low, act first and plan second. When you’re creating content and launching online business experiments, the cost of failure is usually low. Bet on action-first entrepreneurs.

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  11. My favorite entrepreneurs follow the same strategy: 1) Hire unique people who have ideas. 2) Trust them to execute on their vision — as long as the cost of failure is low and the benefits of success are high. 3) Cut the failures and double-down on what works. Rinse, repeat.

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  12. Jan 30

    Can absolutely agree with this. It’s why I launched A Media Operator. I’ve met so many amazing media operators because they emailed me when I would have been too nervous to do it myself.

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  13. People often ask me when I know a piece of work is finished. Honestly, my answer is pretty dark. I press publish on my essays when I start hating them. When I’ve burned so much emotional energy that my spirit goes dim and I lose my vitality. Creative work is never “finished.”

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  14. Reading quotes on GoodReads is a random hobby I like that I've never heard anybody else talk about. Step 1: Pick an author Step 2: Find their top highlighted quotes. Step 3: Read until you're bored. Rinse, repeat.

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  15. And yes... I'd like three uranium glass hood ornaments too.

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  17. You can hear the die-hard commitment in the words of stellar performers. Three quotes stand out. One from Kobe Bryant, another from Tiger Woods, and another from mathematician Jim Simons.

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  18. There are two kinds of focus. 1) Concentrating on a problem for an afternoon. 2) Obsessing over something for years, and showing up every single day. We talk a lot about concentration, but if you study the greats, they're always obsessing over their craft. 24/7 focus.

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  19. As a style, Art Deco asks us to pursue progress without forgetting the divine. With it, humans rise up — but never above the gods.

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  20. I have a secret dream of someday building an Art Deco inspired home. The style uniquely captures the grace of the body, the artistry of the mind, and the majesty of the spirit. Can’t get enough of it.

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  21. This quote is a taste of the transcendent. It gets to the heart of why intellectual curiosity is such a fulfilling virtue. 🎯

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