Book: Linchpin

We trade genius and artistry for stability

• i.e. We also remove variability and randomness

There are 2 kinds of companies. Those that compete on quality and those that compete on price.

• Those that compete on price hire cogs

There’s a movement towards making labor interchangeable

Fearful memories stick

• School environments use fear
• In my experience, this is true

What should be taught in school

• How to solve interesting problems
• How to lead

Incremental progression is a bad use of focus.

• Ex: Faster typing vs solving the right problems

Don’t engage in endeavors where there’s a ceiling

One failure mode is to wait till the next job to be a linchpin