Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 27th/28th April 2024
How to Market if you Hate Humanity by Guy Spier
“First of all, I’m an introvert. Not the most introverted on the planet but still, on a broad scale, an introvert. My social battery for people who don’t interest me runs down fast. At high school, I often preferred to go to the library and study rather than hang out with friends. One feature of my sort of personality is that I’m really good in my interactions with a small section of humanity but really bad with the rest…”
The myth of the second chance by Janan Ganesh
“Martin Amis, that peer of McEwan’s, once attempted an explanation of the vast international appeal of football. “It’s the only sport which is usually decided by one goal,” he theorised, “so the pressure on the moment is more intense in football than any other sport.” His point is borne out across Europe most weekends. A team hogs the ball, creates superior chances, wins more duels — and loses the game to one error. It is, as the statisticians say, a “stupid” sport....”
The days are long but the decades are short by Sam Altman
“I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I'd figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on. I'm somewhat hesitant to publish this because I think these lists usually seem hollow, but here is a cleaned up version of my answer…”
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