Elon Musk literally taught himself everything about reusable rockets, self-driving cars, digital payments, brain chips, and satellite internet. He's the modern Da Vinci Last night I found Elon's Reddit post from 9 years ago where he explained how to learn anything Thread

@deedydas Took it 15 minutes back and it gave me a 100%

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@a_real_society Cool

@benln @kennandavison about to shatter these records

@AravSrinivas He should keep up the JinYang accent

@isabelunraveled Can you explain a bit more

@eriktorenberg Network effect issue. Need a high density of compatible people of similar age, similar socio economic undertone, and who want a serious relationship in the same area. Could probably work in NY, SF but difficult elsewhere

Great practice. Munger's was something like "I only give my opinion if I know the counterargument better than the other person." Value comes from paying the dues.

@mrsiipa Already underway: Deep learning models making deep learning models learn

@mhdfaran @Chr1stopherHo Reminds me of this banger

@vtslkshk Profound

Berkshire's success could be largely explained by 3 things: -"Warren being a continuous learning machine" - Him truly loving his job. - Charlie and Warren's partnering with only exceptional individuals.

Walt Disney's mission for Disneyland.

Mark Leonard's letters are an incredible display of honesty and clarity.

The only way to convince smart people to work with you is if your vision is outstanding. Amazon's case is the same as Elon's with all of his companies. These are the places on the planet where people work the hardest, yet many want to work there.

The best transactions are simple and win-win.

When Steve Jobs was 12, he was building something and needed some components. He picked up the phone and called HP's co-founder, Bill Hewlett. Bill answered the phone, helped Steve with the missing parts, and even offered him an internship.

"Jeff, what does Day 2 look like?"

One would think that writing is only about putting down thoughts, but it's much more than that. Writing enhances thinking.

An overlooked aspect of writing is that some ideas are only generated that way.