“The thing about copying is that at some point you run out of things to copy, and it flops to creativity and innovation. You eventually cross that threshold of copying, and then you start leading. Things that come out now in the Doordash (for example), have been out in China 3 years ago.”
“This is the thing about nostalgia: It happens because the best survival strategy in an uncertain world is to overworry. When you look back, you forget about all the things you worried about that never came true. So life appears better in the past because in hindsight there wasn’t as much to worry about as you were actually worrying about at the time.”
“The more you try to float, the more you sink. But when you relax, you float.”
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
— Albert Einstein
“If you only learn as much as your top-of mind goal allows, and that goal is to get a high-paying degree for the sake of status and security, then by the time you exit this system you are no different from a lion in the Savannah or polar bear in Alaska. If you were to swap the two, both would fail to survive because they are niche specialists. This is not education. Education is discovery. Education is pushing into the unknown, allowing interest to be your lighthouse, collecting the dots, connecting them, and sharing them with the world because the teacher learns more than the student. The beautiful thing about being human is that we build and apply tools in a way that helps us adapt to different environments and situations. We can survive in the cold with a dense coat and in the heat with shade, filtered water, and maybe a sprinkle of specific knowledge if we need it.”
- Dan Koe
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