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16 Aug 2026

Ethics To Live By

A short list I keep coming back to.

  • Take care of people around you, and these people will take care of you, eventually.
  • A word is a word. You promised something, do it even when it’s inconvenient.
  • Never pull people down to prove your superiority.
  • Optimizing for optionality doesn’t make any sense. What’s the point of leaving all these paths open if you never take one? The greatest things in life require commitment.
  • Life is too short to stay committed to choices that don’t have asymmetric returns.
  • Don’t apply logic to anything outside work.