The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber. - Ben Casnocha

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There is a tendency to think that if we engage too directly with moral questions in politics, that's a recipe for disagreement, and for that matter, a recipe for intolerance and coercion.

Ben Casnocha

The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.

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Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.

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Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

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I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.

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I to the We means that both the individual's effort and the power of the network matter, and they work in tandem. Someone with no skill won't get very far, no matter how strong the network. Similarly, someone with lots of skill but a weak network won't realize his or her fullest potential. So, you need both.

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Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E. g. , religion.

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