Superlinear Returns

Combine two skills that are valuable but even more rare and therefore more valuable together. Like a computer science degree and a law degree, or extreme knowledge of finance or mathematics plus public speaking. […] You’re not dabbling as a dilettante in a million things and never going a mile-deep, but you are spreading yourself across multiple sk... See more

Kahle: Yes. One thing I learned from Marvin Minsky (one of the founders of AI) was, "Pick a big enough project, something that's really hard, something that over the years you can work on." I've found that that has been a great guiding piece of wisdom. If you just set out to go and make a lot of money, then the problem is, what happens wh

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Paul Graham on how to find something you can do great work in https://t.co/r812Xgb995