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notcrazylol 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Minimum effective dose

This goes back to the goals vs systems debate that Scott Adams talks about in one of his books. Over a long period of time, systems improve your life in compound.

BJones12 5 months ago [–]

The book is 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big'.

I don't think that man is sane, but he is insightful. Maybe there's a Ballmer Peak [0] of crazy/profound that he stumbled on.

[0] https://xkcd.com/323/

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