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Brandon Silverman's avatar

Love the post...only thing I think I might push on is what the goal even is...I don't think you really lay out it specifically but you seem to nod to it with "Excellent sheep seldom make history." Is your goal to have kids who make history? I have 3 kids and that's definitively not my goal. First, I don't want to set them for unrealistic goals and making history is, despite anyone's gifts, a pretty fucking high and hard to reach goal. But secondly, in a lot of ways, that's not my goal at all. I want kids who are going to be thrive...and for me, that means living meaningful, introspective, generous, productive and collaborative lives where they become the best versions of themselves and are as kind & generous to other people as possible along the way. Having any sort of long-term impact on history doesn't even really factor in as a core aspiration.

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Luigi Zardo's avatar

Always go back to basics.. Some of the best minds like Aristotle and Plato had no tech

and they were great and we still quote them.

The world is going fast but essentials do not change.

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