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Sam Altman's 36 life lessons before age 30 (2015)

49 pointsby LearnerHerzogover 7 years ago

4 comments

whatyoucantsayover 7 years ago
It&#x27;s an excellent list, other than 14).<p>&gt; 7) Don’t waste time. Most people waste most of their time, especially in business.<p>The difficult part of this one is that many businesses employ very intelligent and motivated people to make their products into addictive time sinks. There&#x27;s a reason so many websites start playing videos immediately upon loading and then automatically load more until you stop them. It has nothing to do with concern for what&#x27;s best for you as a user or as a human. It takes more determination not to waste time on the internet every year. It&#x27;s an arms race that Facebook, Netflix, Reddit, Medium, etc are winning.<p>While sama is doing what he does, most people spend hours tapping and stroking their phones and hours more watching video <i>on a daily basis</i>.
tluyben2over 7 years ago
I agree with many of the points but he has somewhat of an age obsession. As someone who probably (statistically) will reach the age of 100, it does not sound very enlightened when only 30. This is not the only article he has lamenting the passing of time.<p>Also point 6, mostly a good point, reads like it was written for 12 year old; ‘internet’ is the best thing if not used frivolously, which is what that sentence, imho, is supposed to mean.
LearnerHerzogover 7 years ago
One of the better single lists of advice I&#x27;ve read. Thanks Sam
2018wilover 7 years ago
Was #4 a secret?
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