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The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more. But the vast majority of what gets taught in school is not actionable — it's meant to signal that you're educated, not to help you think. The moment you realize school is mostly about certification, not education, you can start actually learning.
— Naval Ravikant, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (2020)

4w ago

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. And yet most men are satisfied to read what chance puts before them, without ever troubling themselves to inquire whether it is the best or the worst.

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The Great Books Are for Everyone

A lot of the job of teaching philosophy at a public university is teaching people who don't want to learn. So I developed this preoccupation with: what would it be like if you tried to find the people who only want to learn? Suppose you could just filter for the desire to learn.

3mo ago

Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.

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