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The difficulty in life is the choice. When you are young, there seems to be so much time and so many choices, none of which seems to matter very much because it seems that later on you can always choose again. But then, suddenly, you are old.
— Marianne Moore, Predilections (Essays) (1955)

1d ago

The best business decision is often the one you don't make. Most of life's errors come from doing the wrong thing, not from doing nothing.

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Mythos, Muse, and the Opportunity Cost of Compute

It's opportunity costs, not marginal costs, that are the challenge facing hyperscalers. How much compute should go to customers, and which ones? How much should be reserved for internal workloads?

2d ago

The best business decision is often the one you don't make. Inaction has a cost that most entrepreneurs systematically underestimate because they can't see the counterfactual.

1w ago

The best investment you can make is in yourself. But most people won't because it's not tangible—you can't point to it on a balance sheet. Yet it compounds faster than any stock.

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The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

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The best investment you can make is in yourself. But most people won't because it's not a leveraged bet, and you can't borrow money to do it.

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