The Paradox of Being in the Same Environment

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There's some safety that comes from being in the same environment, but there's also this antifragility that comes from just messing stuff up over and over and over again. You may be capping your upside in the short term by moving around quickly. And as a designer specifically, you're building a portfolio of work which is an incredible advantage.

Designer, entrepreneur and Visualize Value founder Jack Butcher joins us for his second appearance on the show to discuss how to get closer to reality, the differences between the US & the UK, whether vision can be taught, and MUCH more!

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Jack’s origin story
Productizing Visualize Value
Ideas vs experience
Fighting fear with experience
Differences between the US & the UK
“The buck stops here”
“The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit”
How to transcend language
Can you teach vision?
The internet as a variance amplifier
How to communicate clearly
Get closer to reality
Jack’s Twitter X Logo
Jack as emperor of the world
MORE!

Books Mentioned:

The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot Of) Success in America; by John Gartner
The Illuminatus! Trilogy; by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea
The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel
Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment; by Jed McKenna