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A Reading List on Human Achievement
Stewart Brand is the creator and editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. As the co-founder and President of the Long Foundation, he contributed several titles from his private library to a new project by the Foundation — a Manual for Civilization collection. The Interval, that has since received funding and opened its doors in San Francisco,…
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How Conventional Wisdom can Get in the Way of Achievement
We should practice visualizing failure rather that success. Marvin Minski, the pioneer in Artificial Intelligence (AI), also said there is tremendous value in negative knowledge. For example, looking to never make mistakes. In space, “there is no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse,” says Colonel Chris Hadfield. For over five months or…