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getStaticPaths always confused me.

Before I begin, there is one thing you need to understand: every event has a time and a place.

Impressions Captivating, heart-breaking, and awe-inspiring are just a few of the many adjectives I could use to describe this book.

The best political economy is the care and culture of men. – Emerson For all the controversy they stir up today, colleges used to be beneficial.

Ernest's grandmother told him that the only regrets she had in life were the things that she hadn't done.

People who spend their time debating others online are throwing their precious hours of human existence into a pit they'll never retrieve them from.

Impressions Few books touch your soul the way Letters To a Young Poet does.

Impressions Killers of the Flower Moon opened my narrow mind to a new (for me) genre of writing: narrative non-fiction.

Impressions I could not have been happier with the few hours I spent reading this book.

Sitting around a campfire listening to stories passed on from generations brings with it a feeling of wonder and joy for the adventures told from long ago.

Impressions I bought this book five years ago because it was old and looked cool.

252 million years ago, the Permian period of the world ended with a massive mass extinction underneath Siberia.

User TurnTrout posted their reflection on attaining a PhD in the LessWrong community recently.

The world changed in 1436.

Kevin Kelly, who arguably has written one of the most influential essays regarding the internet and the creator economy, "1,000 True Fans", published "103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known" on his 70th birthday.

Sitting around a campfire listening to stories passed on from generations brings with it a feeling of wonder and joy for the adventures told from long ago.

Impressions Discipline is Destiny brilliantly illustrates a depressingly "bro-culture" idea: discipline.

The following passage comes from What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Impressions I had been eyeing this for about a month before I bought it because reading a 400+ page book about the history of the library seemed like a big undertaking.

Revolt of the Public helped clarify my thoughts, expand my worldview, and enlarge my vocabulary with certain societal phenomena.

Takeaways Writing is the art of using the English language in a way that will achieve the most strength and least clutter.

Impressions Leadership by Henry Kissinger profiled six leaders who led during a dramatic half-century.

The Man From the Future explores the life of a time-traveler.

Some of the kindest people in the world often have no reason to be.

At 20 years old, Ben Franklin realized most of his life up to that point had just kinda happened to him.

There are few professions that impact future generations more than being a teacher.

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Before the universe began, there was nothing.

I chose to read a 500+ page biography on a strange renaissance artist because, much like Einstein, I was fascinated with how he approached the world through curiosity.

Notes During the 1650s and 60s, the universal view at the time was that the world had been falling apart since Adam and Eve were banished from Eden.

Let's pretend one day you find magic machine that could grant any lifestyle you asked it for.

Impressions I didn't have many impressions before reading this book, other than being excited by the beautiful design and color theory.

In 1955, Professor Richard Feynman gave one of the most famous talks on the importance of science.

In 1925, John von Neumann published one of the first papers introducing "game theory" into popular discourse.

In Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, he writes about the idea of living with a margin of safety or room for error.

Earlier this week, Dwarkesh Patel wrote an essay exploring the mystery of the miracle year– "in which [scientists] make multiple, seemingly independent breakthroughs in the span of a single year or two" (source).

I'm taking an advanced React course and instead of powering through the tutorials to finish as fast as I can, I'm trying to slow down and make sure I understand each line of code.

Let me break a social norm: You don't have to be life-long friends with every person you become acquainted with.

As he was standing in the musty Mississippi courtroom, arguing for what he believed in, he got a brilliant idea.

Tyler Cowen has easily risen to to the top of my "thinkers I like" list.

Nature and the world are not static.

Key Insights Books allow you to enter an invisible world "When you first open a book, you enter a liminal space.

Summary This is an exceptional book on thinking outside the box, innovating when others think to go with the safe route, and the necessity to think from first principles.

One Sentence Summary Tipping Points can be caused by the right people, with the right information, in the right context; all we have to do is find those variables.

One Sentence Summary At all costs, you must be willing to innovate the way you do business and what your company delivers; "Innovate or Die" mentality.

I've always been curious where popular sayings come from.

Summary Winners never quit is an incorrect statement; they do quit, they just know what to quit and when.

Summary A short read, but interesting nonetheless.

Summary This book is very helpful for anyone who wants to get into freelance or agency marketing.

One Sentence Summary The Essentialist mindset is all about doing less, but better Two Key Takeaways Focus on your objectives.