Scott Adams has this really memorable term for how to think about people: moist robots. Moist because — well, we’re wet and squishy. Robots because there are certain predictable behaviors that we repeat. In situations like A, most people do f(A). In situation; in situations like B, most people will do f(B). Sounds very robot-like…
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“If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn’t call it genius.” Michelangelo It’s that mysterious force that seems to make the impossible real, the difficult easy, and the genius accessible. The funny thing is that magic is only magic when you don’t know how it was done. Once you do, it’s gone. …
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I’ve always thought I was incredibly lucky. And not just in the ovarian lottery sense, but in the fact that I have somehow managed to achieve many success throughout my career. During high school, I was lucky enough to be able to participate and rank in national chemistry and computer competitions whereas many others didn’t. …