This digital commonplace book is what I call a Second Brain. Think of it as the combination of a study notebook, a personal journal, and a sketchbook for new ideas. It is a multipurpose tool that can adapt to your changing needs over time.
“Distinguishing social consensus from truth is really important because they’re not the same.”
― The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
― The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
“We need to evangelize technological progress with every word and action. To recognize that the purpose of technology is to transcend our limits and to motivate everything we do with this sense of purpose. To take the winnings from our web apps and put them toward Mars. To feel no hesitation to start small and no shame in dreaming big. To tell the world it is possible to cure the deaf, restore sight, and end death itself.”
― The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
― The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
“Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true, but many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.”
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“Personally I take more satisfaction in understanding people than in passing judgement on them.”
― Chess Story
― Chess Story
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