Video of the week
Honorable mention:
Podcast of the week:
Great story on the history of Tesla - you will come out convinced of one of the following:
Elon Musk is a genius who has more skin-in-the-game than most people
Elon Musk is a fraud who has been deceiving capital markets for over a decade now
Article of the week:
Peter Kaufmann on the multidisciplinary approach to thinking - the lecture is old but I came across this gem just this week.
Honorable mention:
Death is a strange thing and we should probably all reflect on it more. This story serves as a reminder of that.
Statistic of the week:
"The music video for 'Despacito' set an Internet record in April 2018 when it became the first video to hit five billion views on YouTube. In the process... it burned as much energy as 40,000 U.S. homes use in a year."
Honorable mention:
Average Completion Rate for Online Courses Is 4%.
Quote I’m reflecting on this week:
“Knowledge without action is insanity, and action without knowledge is vanity. Know that knowledge today will not distance you from sin, nor bring you into obedience, nor distance you from perdition tomorrow” - Imam al Ghazali
Book recommendation of the week:
Narratives and Numbers - Aswath Damodaran.
For a sneak preview, here’s a slide deck explaining the key ideas
Start-up of the week:
Lambda School. It’s a relatively ‘old’ Silicon Valley success story by now but I’m surprised by how many success stories (like the below) I keep on reading about:
Tweet of the week:
(some great responses/recommendations in the thread)
If you had to pick one thing you've read that changed the course of your life, what would it be? (ht @rivatez for the question.)Honorable mention:
Image of the week:
VCs is a ‘hits’ (>10x return) game. Some relevant commentary here.
Honorable mention:
Question of the week:
Ask yourselves this:
“Would I still be interested in learning this thing if I couldn't ever tell anybody about it?”From Naval Ravikant’s appearance on the Joe Rogan show
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