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The importance trap

Doing unimportant things makes you lucky

Brian Lui Theory 4 Comments August 18, 2021August 19, 2021 2 Minutes

Upside decay

Why some people and some organizations never get lucky

Brian Lui Theory 21 Comments October 6, 2020 6 Minutes

Beware of tight feedback loops

Tight feedback loops are seductive because they give us the feeling of rapid improvement. And it’s true that in the early stages of learning a craft, tight feedback loops do help us improve quickly.

Brian Lui Theory, Tools 7 Comments May 10, 2020 11 Minutes

Community building in a forgotten game

Building good communities is hard. It’s easy to underestimate the benefits of a hostile environment.

Brian Lui Uncategorized Leave a comment October 29, 2019October 31, 2019 9 Minutes

Harmful Progress

Creating value can harm you.

Brian Lui Theory Leave a comment June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 7 Minutes

Thoughts From The Bay

I recently visited San Francisco and met many people from a variety of tech and tech-adjacent areas. I also walked around the city and travelled to nearby Bay Area locations. I came away with several findings.

Brian Lui Stories, Theory 1 Comment December 27, 2018July 21, 2019 15 Minutes

Preference changing

Preference changing takes the skill of habit formation to the next level.

Brian Lui Tools 2 Comments November 13, 2018January 18, 2019 5 Minutes

Housing shortages

Housing supply is a problem in cities all over the world. What are good frameworks for understanding and solving it?

Brian Lui Stories 4 Comments August 1, 2018January 18, 2019 9 Minutes

Journey to the West

Few of us bear past burdens as heavy as Fukuyama’s, but none of us can escape the ordeal.

Brian Lui Stories 1 Comment June 20, 2018January 18, 2019 6 Minutes

Dimensional decoupling

Inversion asks, “what if something was the opposite?” Dimensional decoupling asks, “what if something wasn’t an opposite?”

Brian Lui Theory, Tools 2 Comments May 19, 2018January 18, 2019 6 Minutes

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