Justin Balderas

“Learning stuff was less important than learning about oneself. Exploration is not just a whimsical luxury of education; it is a central benefit.”
― David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

“It’s not enough to know what is good and true. Goodness and truth need to be attractive—in other words, desirable.”
― Luke Burgis, Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want

“We’re more threatened by people who want the same things as us than by those who don’t.”
― Luke Burgis, Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

“Whether chemists, physicists, or political scientists, the most successful problem solvers spend mental energy figuring out what type of problem they are facing before matching a strategy to it, rather than jumping in with memorized procedures.”
― David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World