Words to Start the Week (Dec. 9, 2024)
Nuggets from past notes
“Our history has been about going to places were other people won’t. That’s where opportunity is. Whether there’s crisis, or threat, or things that are high risk, that means there’s opportunity.”
- David MacLennan on opportunities in emerging markets
"It is hardest to be a great man to one's chambermaid."
“It is hard for us to accept that people do not fall in love with works of art only for their own sake, but also in order to feel that they belong to a community. By imitating, we get closer to others. That is, other imitators. It fights solitude”
“It’s more important to be good ancestors than dutiful descendants. Too many people spend their lives being custodians of the past instead of stewards of the future. We worry about making our parents proud when we should be focused on making our children proud. The responsibility of each generation is not to please our predecessors, it’s to improve conditions for our successors.”
“Specific knowledge is knowledge you cannot be trained for. If society can train you, it can train someone else and replace you. Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now”