# Kevin Kelly - The Technium: 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata **Cover**:: https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Kevin Kelly]] **Full Title**:: The Technium: 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Document Tags**:: #productivity #wisdom **URL**:: [kk.org](https://kk.org/thetechnium/68-bits-of-unsolicited-advice/) **Host**:: [[kk.org]] **Highlighted**:: [[2020-07-12]] **Created**:: [[2022-09-26]] ## Highlights - Learn how to learn from those you disagree with, or even offend you. See if you can find the truth in what they believe. - Always demand a deadline. - Pros are just amateurs who know how to gracefully recover from their mistakes. - Don’t be the best. Be the only. - Don’t be the smartest person in the room. - Separate the processes of creation from improving. - When someone is nasty, rude, hateful, or mean with you, pretend they have a disease.