“Imagine teaching a child to ride a bike. You could give them a detailed manual (Supervised Fine Tuning), but they'll likely learn better by trying it themselves (Reinforcement Learning), falling, getting up, & gradually improving.” - Matt McDonagh ELI5 on DeepSeek, link 👇

Most people see obstacles. Entrepreneurs see opportunities.

According To The Stoics, Every Problem is a Chance to Act With -Courage -Temperance -Justice -Wisdom That is: To face our fears, to act with self-discipline, to do our duty/help others, and learn

Damn good advice from Elon:

You can't compete with someone who sees the work as their fun.

Individually alpha is collectively beta. That’s actually the centrist argument against the sort of exaggerated ultra-masculinity that’s in vogue today. I understand how that ideology arose, but it actually makes you weak, because it inhibits scaled cooperation. Essentially: in

These kids may be individually “beta”, but when they grow up and work together they’re collectively alpha.

Focus on the present moment, not the monsters that may or may not be ahead.

"Spend your time doing only what you can uniquely do." Naval

“You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.” — Bhagavad Gita

You can’t learn if you think you already know. You can’t get better if you think you are the best.

Naval Ravikant explained why obsession beats talent:

Stop wasting your time on these 6 things: 1. Worrying about other people’s opinions 2. Judging other people 3. Putting things off to the future 4. Holding onto the past 5. Arguing with reality 6. Thinking you are going to live forever

Reading books and materials that go beyond what is required is always a good starting point. Being exposed to ideas in the wide world, you will tend to develop a hunger for more and more knowledge.

The real reason nobody has time to read books anymore.

Find the deepest pleasure in absorbing knowledge and information. Feel like you never have enough.