How to Avoid Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
Summary
Great review of where we are from a climate change perspective in terms of emissions and new technologies. Conclusions: nuclear will win, we need huge government support and we need rich countries to pay for the transition for poor countries.
Rating: 4/5
Notes
Norman Borlaug and synthetic crop yields
Stop donating to tree groups because you’re not reducing to your emissions - donate to other carbon offsets
You need 35 times more batteries by weight to get the same energy as jet fuel
Air conditioner is the biggest user of electricity you own
Electricity as much as possible, decarbonize the power grid and use energy more efficiently
How we plug in, make things, grow things, get around and keep cool/warm
Donate to CGIAR, agricultural research for poor world - every dollar invested generates 6$ in benefit
Plant more mangroves
Get involved locally to demand justice from your politicians
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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