What makes AI irresistible is its ability to analyze billions of pieces of data and draw conclusions from them, something that humans are incapable of doing. While the areas in which man will have an advantage over machine will diminish over time, there are still contexts in which he will have an advantage over them, at least for a while.…
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Some vocations are not worth the sacrifices they involve. When you embark on a career, you don’t really understand the ins and outs. You can see what you stand to gain, but you can’t see what you lose. And therein lies the rub: you sacrifice part of your life, only to find that what you’ve gained doesn’t make up for…
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In the new era – what we call the digital or information economy – you need to leverage your uniqueness. This means creating valuable content to improve the lives of others. We are slowly but surely moving out of the industrialization paradigm. As individuals, we are no longer a cog in the wheel, we have to become irreplaceable. In fact,…
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Several Lives In One It’s an illusion to believe that we won’t have to start from scratch one day or another. Life is littered with challenges that must be met one at a time. If you’re advanced in one area, you’re a beginner in many others, and that’s normal. See Life As A Video Game You’ve probably played RPGs or…
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The one who wins is the one who plays with an infinite game mentality One of the reasons the Vietnamese defeated the Americans was that they were playing a different game. Instead of having a finite goal in time and space, the Vietnamese game could go on indefinitely, despite the destruction and casualties on their side. Even if the Americans…
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The structural choices in our lives are not weighed enough. When we reflect, we think more about the gains and losses of our choices but not the opportunity cost of those choices. Time, Money, Energy And Attention When you invest in a project, say for example going to university, well you are allocating a significant amount of time – money…
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Have A Contradictory Idea If you want to be better than 99% of the people in a field you have to have a contradictory belief compared to the rest of the world. You must believe that something is true when the majority of people think the opposite. For example, the people who made their fortune in Bitcoin were the ones…
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There are two ways to go into business. One involves going in timidly, the other is all-in. Where do you fall? There is no spectrum, it’s black or white, all or nothing. Playing in your own skin allows you to become one with your cause and tap into a newfound resourcefulness you never knew you had. Imagine two generals: one…
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Machines will replace us, that’s for sure, but there is one thing that will be hard to replace. You see, machines are either large disembodied brains capable of processing millions of pieces of information per second or robots with surprising mobility. There is a kind of specialization and a machine has not been found that can recreate the cognitive benefits…
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Civilizations were built thanks to the idle classes, those who were exempt from hard work. Scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, playwrights, and other poets have made civilization germinate because they belonged to a privileged and therefore idle class. What if tomorrow’s world gave us more of an opportunity to live like a fifth century BC Athenian citizen (members of the privileged class)?…
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