Watched two Bilibili videos today
One is Shao Ailun saying connections are the biggest scam
In the internet age you can reach people you're interested in very easily
Even a 10-million-follower account doesn't get as many DMs as you imagine
People overestimate the distance to a "big V"
The other is Master Xu interviewing an engineer who makes 100k a month from professional training
A Tsinghua master's student pirated and sold it at scale for huge illegal profit
and shamelessly said what are you going to do about it
That thick-skinned look
A high degree doesn't mean morals or character, or even ability
That's a myth people fall into a lot
Imagining and judging what you don't know
Looking through a filter is the brain being lazy
Independent thinking takes strong will
Not being fooled by surfaces means thinking hard and governing instinct
In real economic life that shows up as
people shrinking themselves in front of "high status"
imagining the other person is far more capable or excellent
and then conceding
Even when I know plenty of cases that prove otherwise
and can reason from first principles that you shouldn't romanticize a road you haven't walked
in practice I still get uneasy
like facing a haloed interviewer from a brand-name school
or a well-funded startup
I still flinch a bit
It takes courage and will
The direct lesson
don't underestimate yourself and don't look up at others
The big names with excellent halos just made lucky choices at the right moment
Next time tell yourself
if they had your background and constraints
could they reach where you are now?
We can try DMing some KOLs
We can bravely show our value
and sincerely ask for help
Don't stay caged in your own imagination
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16Q3P6VETS
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Watched two Bilibili videos today
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Watched two Bilibili videos today
One is Shao Ailun saying connections are the biggest scam
In the internet age you can reach people you're interested in very easily
Even a 10-million-follower account doesn't get as many DMs as you imagine
People overestimate the distance to a "big V"
The other is Master Xu interviewing an engineer who makes 100k a month from professional training
A Tsinghua master's student pirated and sold it at scale for huge illegal profit
and shamelessly said what are you going to do about it
That thick-skinned look
A high degree doesn't mean morals or character, or even ability
That's a myth people fall into a lot
Imagining and judging what you don't know
Looking through a filter is the brain being lazy
Independent thinking takes strong will
Not being fooled by surfaces means thinking hard and governing instinct
In real economic life that shows up as
people shrinking themselves in front of "high status"
imagining the other person is far more capable or excellent
and then conceding
Even when I know plenty of cases that prove otherwise
and can reason from first principles that you shouldn't romanticize a road you haven't walked
in practice I still get uneasy
like facing a haloed interviewer from a brand-name school
or a well-funded startup
I still flinch a bit
It takes courage and will
The direct lesson
don't underestimate yourself and don't look up at others
The big names with excellent halos just made lucky choices at the right moment
Next time tell yourself
if they had your background and constraints
could they reach where you are now?
We can try DMing some KOLs
We can bravely show our value
and sincerely ask for help
Don't stay caged in your own imagination
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16Q3P6VETS
One is Shao Ailun saying connections are the biggest scam
In the internet age you can reach people you're interested in very easily
Even a 10-million-follower account doesn't get as many DMs as you imagine
People overestimate the distance to a "big V"
The other is Master Xu interviewing an engineer who makes 100k a month from professional training
A Tsinghua master's student pirated and sold it at scale for huge illegal profit
and shamelessly said what are you going to do about it
That thick-skinned look
A high degree doesn't mean morals or character, or even ability
That's a myth people fall into a lot
Imagining and judging what you don't know
Looking through a filter is the brain being lazy
Independent thinking takes strong will
Not being fooled by surfaces means thinking hard and governing instinct
In real economic life that shows up as
people shrinking themselves in front of "high status"
imagining the other person is far more capable or excellent
and then conceding
Even when I know plenty of cases that prove otherwise
and can reason from first principles that you shouldn't romanticize a road you haven't walked
in practice I still get uneasy
like facing a haloed interviewer from a brand-name school
or a well-funded startup
I still flinch a bit
It takes courage and will
The direct lesson
don't underestimate yourself and don't look up at others
The big names with excellent halos just made lucky choices at the right moment
Next time tell yourself
if they had your background and constraints
could they reach where you are now?
We can try DMing some KOLs
We can bravely show our value
and sincerely ask for help
Don't stay caged in your own imagination
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16Q3P6VETS