Sublime

Both Marc and Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, have read and recommend Neal Gabler’s biography of Walt Disney.

These days, our very favorite interview question is this one: “What are the open tabs on your browser right now?”

The newest technical papers and the oldest books are the best sources of arbitrage. They contain the least popular facts and the most monetizable truths. What do you know to be true that others cannot or will not bring themselves to admit? There is your competitive advantage.

Thus, the larger the share of a person’s budget devoted to a good, the more elastic his or her demand for that good is likely to be.

A resource is scarce when there isn’t enough to satisfy all of our wants.

Remember our contrarian question: what important truth do very few people agree with you on?

On the inside, every individual should be sharply distinguished by her work.

Tyler Cowen:  I think sheer writing will be less important, even if the AI can't quite copy Paul Krugman or Joe Stiglitz. But charisma will be more important.

Standing out from the crowd, extraversion, a certain kind of flare, willingness to engage with one’s own celebrit