AI gives us more power, more options, and more ways to create “work slop.” The people and companies who use it best will start with the problem, not… - David Epstein

Knowledge is a double-edged sword. It allows you to do some things, but it also makes you blind to other things that you could do.

While it is undoubtedly true that there are areas that require individuals with Tiger’s precocity and clarity of purpose, as complexity increases — as technology spins the world into vaster webs of interconnected systems in which each individual only sees a small part — we also need more Rogers: people who start broad and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives while they progress. People with range.

Instead of working back from a goal, work forward from promising situations. This is what most successful people actually do anyway.