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Quick read
Crazy New Ideas // Paul Graham
There's one kind of opinion I'd be very afraid to express publicly. If someone I knew to be both a domain expert and a reasonable person proposed an idea that sounded preposterous, I'd be very reluctant to say "That will never work."
Anyone who has studied the history of ideas, and especially the history of science, knows that's how big things start. Someone proposes an idea that sounds crazy, most people dismiss it, then it gradually takes over the world.
Most implausible-sounding ideas are in fact bad and could be safely dismissed. But not when they're proposed by reasonable domain experts. If the person proposing the idea is reasonable, then they know how implausible it sounds. And yet they're proposing it anyway. That suggests they know something you don't. And if they have deep domain expertise, that's probably the source of it.
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Salkantay, Peru
Fact
11% of Americans have never traveled outside of the state they were born in
Tune
Quote
"I am not young enough to know everything" // Oscar Wilde
Something to ponder
We are kept from our goal not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal
Bhagavad Gita
Personal update
Figuring it out
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