#126 Hearts on Fire - David Perell on curiosity, being a citizen of the internet, taking himself seriously, childhood obsessions, building Write of Passage, ambition, and money
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
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I Was an Athlete and I Grew Up in the NBA and I Was Obsessed With Computers and the NBA
A similar thing was happening to me I was obsessed with computers the NBA as well we share that yeah but I was good at school so everyone just nobody paid attention to the things I was actually obsessing about. There's a scene where Jimmy Fallon when he's seven years old goes with his uncle to a baseball game and he like walks into Fenway is like wow it's so red and majestic and I really resonate with that scene because that's exactly how I felt with sports. With basketball my mom would call me in for dinner and I couldn't go in for dinner until I hit 10 straight free throws which of course took forever and sometimes it would just be too darkI have been there
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