Serialized thinking is a superpower.
Any idiot can think the obvious sequence of thoughts in a situation.
Takes a superidiot to add nonsequential complexity and analyze-paralyze themselves within.
But if you can spot and follow an unexpected new sequence easily: superpower.
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I heard define genius as “seeing connections non-geniuses can't see” which I liked but also felt doomed by
I'm too dumb to give up on trying to get everyone to see the things
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I think this is a commonly held but deeply mistaken piece of conventional wisdom. I’m a big believer in the opposite. The rare quality is breaking big connections that everybody believes in. Tons of people are good at seeing even obscure connections. Breaking “obvious” ones? Rare
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i had some riffs on this once
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I saw someone tweet “I wish smart writing came to me as easily as dumb tweeting” and I am here to share with you my strategy for using the latter to precipitate the former
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