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“Randomness and luck are related, but there is a useful distinction between the two. You can think of randomness as operating at the level of a system and luck operating at the level of the individual.”
― The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
― The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
“When competing one-on-one, follow two simple rules: If you are the favorite, simplify the game. If you are the underdog, make it more complicated.”
― The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
― The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing
“Desire doesn’t spread like information; it spreads like energy. It passes from person to person like the energy between people at a concert or political rally. This energy can lead to a cycle of positive desire, in which healthy desires gain momentum and lead to other healthy desires, uniting people in positive ways; or it can become a cycle of negative desire, in which mimetic rivalries lead to conflict and discord.”
― Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want
― Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want
“People don’t fight because they want different things; they fight because mimetic desire causes them to want the same things.”
― Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want
― Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want
“engineering desire, is the approach of Silicon Valley, authoritarian governments, and the Cult of Experts. The first two use intelligence and data to centrally plan a system in which people want things that other people want them to want -- things that benefit a certain group of people. This approach poses a serious threat to human agency. It also lacks respect for the capability of people to freely desire what is best for themselves and for the people they love.”
― Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
― Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Sohil’s 2024 Year in Books
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