Norgard

We overvalue people we don’t know and undervalue those we do.

A rating system for men in the dating marketplace was inevitable. And so is one for women.

It took me years to realize the people who like to build are not the people that like to operate.

Chase curiosity not money.

I am so thankful for @X, thanks @elonmusk for saving the beautiful sinking ship.

The best predictor of human behavior is past behavior. If character is anything, it’s consistent.

Michael Milken once told me, “The bigger the house, the bigger the mental illness.”

Increasingly, my friends are turning to LLMs as a source of “life truth” … relationships, hopes, dreams, failings … The LLMs are becoming an omnipresent vehicle for understanding our humanity.

Internet and tech are mostly designed to help humans do short term behaviors. For achieving anything long term one needs to get off them.

Base layer is product, always.

My friend just broke up with his girlfriend. She Venmo’d him $2k for therapy. And she blocked him on LinkedIn. Modern dating is brutal.

Why Walter is my favorite author.

In-N-Out is the best restaurant product in the world. Service. Consistency. Value. Simplicity. Taste. Locations. Authenticity. They got every detail right. And now corporate is leaving California. What a loss.

The only lesson we’ve learned from history is we don’t learn from history.

Reasonable people don’t build successful companies.

The universe is mathematical engine that rewards courage, focus, and tenacity.

Excessive guru worship signals a weak father figure.