be an artist
Ray Bradbury says intellect is a danger to creativity
Alan Moore says writing IS magic, evolved from paleolithic shamanism. Writer can and does change the world. You are your own most important instrument.
- which writing do I think is good?
- John Steinbeck’s East of Eden
- CS Lewis: Four Loves, Mere Christianity, Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, his speech about the rings
- Annie Dillard
- 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer
- Nassim Taleb
- Iain McGilchrist
“The tongue is a fire”
Naval Ravikant echoes the monopoly on being you (Scott Adams also talked about an intersection of skills. Epstein’s Range mentions generalists as likelier to discover new breakthroughs)