How to Be an Expert in a Changing World
I'm not exactly sure what is the grand insight(s) from this essay that warrants it's rather link-baity lavish title. Does below captures all the tips and techniques pg mentioned?<p>1. <i>Don't marry to your beliefs.</i>
This is always a delicate balancing act because we do have to have <i>some</i> belief to make a decision, we just don't know if it's a right.<p>2. <i>Don't predict the future.</i>
Can be derived from #1 so I suppose redundant.<p>3. <i>Bet on people instead of ideas.</i>
I think this is great advice for VCs but have been covered many times by pg.<p>4. <i>Make friends/Surround yourself with smart people.</i>: Not extremely practical unless you are a famous VC but even then not trivial.<p>It would have been great essay if pg shared some stories and shared non-trivial insights that makes us better at <i>doing</i> above. BTW, I did got tripped at this line:<p><i>Another trick I've found to protect myself against obsolete beliefs is to focus initially on people rather than ideas.</i><p>Ummm... what was the first trick?