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Florian Maganza's avatar

Brilliant! Love this format. Three stories to illustrate an insight all wrapped up in one overarching lesson. Now I want to know the process behind finding those stories and connecting the dots!

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Stew Fortier's avatar

Coming from the King of Polymaths himself, this is welcome news... thank you ;).

And my writing process is best summarized as "man with a metal detector at the beach," except my wife refuses to let me wear a fanny pack around the home.

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Judith Klinger's avatar

Liking the format - curious to see how it will evolve. Short bites are appealing, especially in the summer. Da Vinci's perspective is invaluable, no matter for verbal or visionary story telling.

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Stew Fortier's avatar

Thanks, Judith! And agree; it almost felt impossible to try and extract just one single insight from him. The man contained multitudes, to say the least.

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Louis Pereira's avatar

Love the format.

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Stew Fortier's avatar

I aspire to your economy with words, so this means a ton. Thank you, Louis!

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Brad & Butter's avatar

> Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see

In this case, gossip bad, distant impressions are semi-sensible, but close observations are best? If so does that mean that most gossip are irrelevant/random/uncorrelated or just upside-down? Also what are the symptoms that the distant impressions are "too good to be true" and warrant closer observation?

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