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Byrne Hobart - Optionality, Stagnation, and Secret Societies

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Is There a Difference Between Optionality and Subsistence?

We are partly wired to be more satisfied with actually making choices, of pursuing specific goals. But there just aren't that many people who succeeded in a a memorable way because they kept all their options open. You get less done if you have lots of opportunities and you cald easily forego any one of them. And thence i think it isn't worth keeping in mind.

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