Short Read: The other side of the hill

Simon Mayall | 13 minutes

In war, we are, like the Duke of Wellington, still trying to guess what is on the other side of the hill, we just have more tools to help us do so.

Snippets

Looking like you’re being productive is often a better strategy for career advancement than actually being productive.
That’s why extroverts without conviction, many of whom spend more time networking than executing, rise to the top of the corporate hierarchy.

- David Perell, What Should You Work On?

Use the Internet to curate your environment, so you can be hyper-mimetic towards the rare few who are anti-mimetic.

- David Perell, Peter Thiel's Religion