I’m skeptical of passive learning. If you don’t write down what you’re hearing and learning, what the odds you remember it?

Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.