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Ep30 - Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Skin in the Game

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ADVICE

Timeless Writing

To write something that remains relevant, ensure it resonates with someone from the past.

  • Focus on timelessness by ensuring your work is understandable and interesting even to someone from the past.
  • Project yourself backward in time rather than forward to gauge the lasting value of your writing.
  • Consider whether your work would have been interesting and relevant to a reader from the past (e.g., 1960s, 1980s).

> "If you want to write something that can be read 20 years from now, or hope to be read [from now,] make sure it could be read by some one 20 years ago."

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