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Peter Thiel Lecture - You Are Not a Lottery Ticket

THE INTELLECTUAL DARK WEB PODCAST (HOBBES + LOCKE + ROUSSEAU + US CONSTITUTION in ONE SINGLE BOOK)

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Is Indeterminate Optimism Possible in the Long Run?

Isaac Asprey: Indeterminate optimism is possible in the long run. He says it could lead to a path of monotonic and potentially never ending improvement. But he argues that there are counter examples, such as failed cities or darwin's theory of evolution. The way we think about businesses also needs to be re-evaluated for future success,. And this kind of approach can help us solve problems more easily - but only if we're willing to accept some limits on our expectations.

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