EXCELLENT ADVICE: Life Lessons From Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly
The Next Big Idea
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How to Find Out Where Language Is Being Born
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If you possibly can, work where there are no names for what you do. Or where it takes at least 15 minutes to explain to your motherwhat it is. Do you think this is good advice for young people? And by the way, I'll say I have three boys who are 12, 15, 18 and they're more likely to take advice from you than they are for me. It's also a device if you're doing a startup. Because it's much more likely that that area which is ahead of language, that's usually where all the frontiers are.
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