24 Quotes by Ben Casnocha

I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.

Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.

I’m skeptical of passive learning. If you don’t write down what you’re hearing and learning, what the odds you remember it?

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

If frequency with which you cite an education credential does not decrease over the course of your life, you’re not accomplishing very much.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.

The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.

I don’t want to be normal. I want to be something else.