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C.S. Lewis' advice to a young girl on how to become a better writer

3) it's more of ' Death by 1000 Cuts ' than the legislature just wanting to get rid of public education. Of course you don't, it just FEELS that way. 4) I would love to hear from teachers, librarians and parents who feel differently. I'm open to hearing from you here or email

How I structure my arguments with 5 key questions

People need to stop overreacting about Kamala’s plan to reduce food inflation, as if it would lead to communism, mass starvation, and the end of America. I worked in M&A in the food industry. Here’s a step-by-step summary of what would actually happen: 1. The government…

After posting my project analyzing VC SEC filings using @duckdb and @evidence_dev, I got a ton of requests to open source it. So I did! Check out the repo below for the open source code. This is a great example of a DuckDB ETL and modern, simple data viz.

If you know anyone who fits this description — and we are betting every single one of you does :) — please share this (free) handbook with them. Thanks!

@asmartbear @RogerLMartin Can't recommend this highly enough (in which Argyris writes about the thermostat and double loop learning) It's a pamphlet rather than a book, readable with one cup of coffee ☕️

A free Guide on how to give your kids a world-class education - and earn money while doing so !

The Notes app on your iPhone is the most powerful app worldwide. But are you using it to its full potential? Here are 7 features you might not know about:

What are the craziest two people/things to coexist at the same time in history?

Most PMs can only dream of such a cadence. But it exists. And it definitely wins.

What's something you purchased for under $100 that's completely changed your life?

Those who aren’t good at critical thinking will always find comfort in social identities.

@PopulismUpdates The United States had a trade consulate in the Holy Roman Empire

Something about #ChatGPT & other #AI apps remind me of the frontbench girl in the high school classroom: neatly dressed, eager to please teachers, does homework on time, beautiful handwriting -- subtly displaying less understanding of the taught subject than the backbench nerd

Your reminder that democracy, to work sustainably, must consist not only of adult-wide voting rights but also of good education, good journalism, a system to remember the errors of the past, a system to weed out the bad apples, and a strong constitution.

Smart people are simply normal people like you who have developed many useful intuitions that you’re yet to acquire.

I could listen to this guy on a loop. I urge you to spare 30 minutes to listen to @ptrmadurai at least once. He is, without any doubt, the most clear-headed politician in India. The argument he makes for greater devolution of power to State and City level is close to my heart.

This is precisely the sort of interview which isn't supposed to exist anymore. And yet, here it is. The full conversation is here. It's extraordinarily rich.

How to select your research paradigm

Copy and Paste these ChatGPT prompts to finish hours of work in seconds:

What is the best platform to find an EA? My criteria: - Sound judgment - Attention to detail - Learns & adapts quickly - High integrity - Security + confidentiality training Quick research suggests Athena might be the way to go. Any alternatives I am missing or could be better?

What is a subtle sign of good health?

What’s a personal finance hack you believe everyone should know but few actually do?

A long time RSS lie debunked. The UN Security council seat was never offered to India. Anyway, it was impossible because only those involved as independent nations in the war against Germany & Japan during WW-2 got position in the UN-SC & we were a British colony in that period.

A society should “make the right things easy and the wrong things hard” (Ray Hunt)

Very detailed research and analysis. Well balanced article. One business, 2 states, ₹400 cr gap. What Tamil Nadu & UP bandage industries say about India?

What's the best explainer on why India doesn't win many Olympic medals?

Found this fascinating website for novel recommendations:

And Putin will further intensify the Russian offensive in anticipation of Trump's victory. We may witness a serious Russian escalation against Ukraine in the second half of August, starting with August 20. And we should be prepared for all possibilities of the warfare. #Velsig

“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.” ― Roger Scruton

A Middle Class Person wants to Buy 2 Wheeler for his family. He works hard, saves money & test rides a Honda Activa 110 CC. He feels it is good. He enquires the cost. Ex Showroom Price is ₹75000. He realises that this price includes 28% GST (around ₹17000). 28% YES, THAT'S…

10 POWERFUL smallcap stocks that posted EXCELLENT RESULTS for the last 3 quarters (Dec-23, Mar-24 and ongoing Jun-24) Information credit: A thread 🧵 Please bookmark and retweet :) PS: Not a BUY/SELL recommendation. Only for study purpose.

What’s the best free software you’re using?

This is what AI is for. Just this use case alone is worth every dollar invested in it.

All of the following is true about India: 200 billionaires, 200 million in poverty 5 IMO medals, just 5% get degrees 1st in cricket, just 1 gold per Olympics 1st in digital payments, only 1/2 has internet 5th largest eco, 150th per capita Disappoints optimists and pessimists

Super neat way to segment the customer journey (I think that's from HBR)

Your most dominant personality trait determines what you are most attracted to in a church. In the thread below, I will explain the connection between your highest scoring trait in the Big Five personality test and what you are most likely looking for.

@SachaIchbiah Exactly why I mapped out the whole AI industry here on X. 5,100 companies: Including 600 developer tools.

This text is the most intuitive entry point into both geometric topology and differential geometry that you could possible hope to find in the form of a book. Fairly informal at times, highly visual, this book is a beginner's dream.

Chuck Palahniuk, goddamn

How to Find Fulfilling Work - Manual by School of life link >

Aswath Damodaran's 12-part video series will teach you how to find undervalued stocks in just 5 minutes: Please bookmark this thread 🧵

They said EVs have a low maintenance fee because it has fewer moving parts The EV: 🤦🤦🤦 @atherenergy

Too many of the people I've heard were "hard to work with" were actually hard to steamroll. They weren't team players because they focused more on the work than the politics. They dared to have standards. I know some who are hard to work with who are toxic. That's another post

James Webb Young, A Technique for Producing Ideas (1940) A wonderful little book, my highlights “An idea, I thought, has some of that mysterious quality which romance lends to tales of the sudden appearance of islands in the South Seas.” “According to ancient mariners, in…

Co-creating a GTM strategy is part of a PM's job. But many PMs struggle with the basics. 5 core GTM principles with free frameworks and templates: (I couldn't believe it's all free) (1/12)

@patrick_oshag Patrick, have you listened to @hubermanlab's podcast with James Hollis?

R K Laxman was so far ahead of the times. He describes today’s NRI visiting India and gushing over UPI, Quick commerce, and cheap labour in India.

“Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it." John R.W. Stott