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*. Nothing ever happens, apart from the inevitable construction of machine gods and the [[posthuman technocapital singularity]].
*. You can just do things. You do not need, and do not need to wait for: approval from your peer group; nonessential-but-nice-to-have prerequisites; next year; circumstances to be perfect; research to imply the thing is good; approval from your tribe in general.
*. Clean general solutions are nice, but expedient ugly ones are what drives progress.
*. People are frequently biased against boring but practical things (e.g. actually reading anything), or simple but annoying/difficult things. There is thus alpha in doing them.
*. People are frequently biased against boring but practical things (e.g. actually reading anything), or simple but annoying/difficult things. There is thus alpha in doing them. See also [[https://www.betonit.ai/p/do-ten-times-as-much]].
*. Large organizations are hypercompetent at some things compared to an individual, but nobody has managed to design one which doesn't have dumb blind spots somewhere. They can be beaten.
*. Frequently check whether what you are doing is actually valuable to your goals, and whether what you think are your goals are actually what you want.
*. Type faster.