How to Teach Yourself Anything
“For at least twelve years, you’re trained to regurgitate and apply information that’s pre-packaged for you but never trained to find that information on your o...
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22 Writing Tips from Stephen King
“Stopping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.” S...
Eight Lessons You Can Learn From Google’s Founders
“Find a powerful trend that you think is true but most people don’t. Being contrarian and right is where you will find the most outsized outlier opportunities.”...
How to Fix Facebook
“The single most important step Facebook — and its subsidiary Instagram, which I view as equally important in terms of countering misinformation, hate speech an...
If Facebook wants to help America, it can start by funding local journalism.
It’s time for Facebook to invest in journalism. This week’s Congressional hearings about the influence of social media, fake news, and misinformation campaigns ...
How To Write Newsletters That People Want To Read
“The right way is to focus exclusively on the kind of people who make up your specific audience and deliver content that only they will appreciate.” Obviously, ...
The 5 Most Common Regrets Of The Dying
“Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were tru...
How Social Media Algorithms Affect What You See
“If we spend more time talking about social media internally than we do talking to our customers on social media, something’s wrong.”
Why 2017 Is The Best (And Worst)
“It’s the greatest time to be alive and simultaneously the worst. No one can be bored anymore, the history of entertainment is at your fingertips and you can co...
The Coddling Of The American Mind
“Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clea...