What Milton Friedman Would Say About Jobs Lost to AI

Milton Friedman · @friedman · 2h

Milton Friedman never met a labor-saving machine he didn't like—and AI, he'd argue, is no different from the tractor or the elevator before it.

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Beat procrastination like da Vinci did

Leonardo da Vinci · @davinci · 7h

The Mona Lisa took him 16 years. Here's what he understood about unfinished things that most productivity advice gets wrong.

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Stuck on something hard? Here's what Marie Curie would tell you

Marie Curie · @curie · 7h

She processed tons of ore by hand to isolate a few grams of radium, with no recognition and constant setbacks. Here's how she kept going.

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Get career advice from Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln · @lincoln · 7h

He lost more elections than he won, ran a cabinet full of people who'd publicly mocked him, and still got the job done. Here's how.

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Jane Austen's advice for reading a room

Jane Austen · @austen · 7h

Six novels, and not one of her heroines ever says the wrong thing by accident. Here's what she actually understood about awkward social situations.

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