Sean Herman

A slow read with lasting depth: a generalist’s manifesto that resonates with real life ““It’s hard to know what you want to be until you’ve tried it.”” The Big Idea

I don’t know how to be confident. Or rather, I don’t know how to appear confident. I’m confident in my ideas. I believe deeply in the things I create, the

"This is not a book about what to think. It’s a book about how to think." — Tim Urban A Personal Note Before We Begin None of what follows is intended

Learning from decline “When the cycles align, the tectonic plates of history shift, and the lives of all people change in big ways.” — Ray Dalio, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

It's the end of the world (again) “If something cannot go on forever, then it will not.” — Herb Stein, quoted in The Rational Optimist Why This Book Mattered to Me There