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In case your parents decided to torture you
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Look at what I learned today from the great Isra Bravo. ​ Imagine you are born today. Yes… today. ​ Imagine now that your parents want to torture you. And they decide to make you watch all the videos uploaded to YouTube today. Just the day of your birth… As a welcoming gift to you to introduce you to the world you’re going to live on. ​ I repeat. ​ Not a single more. ​ Well… ​ Do you know when you would finish watching them? ​ ​ Hundreds of thousands of hours of content are uploaded every single day—just on YouTube. ​ That being said, do you still think that bulk information is worth anything today? ​ ​ Better get comfortable—because it’s going to take a while. ​ What’s truly valuable comes down to two things:
​ Information, and a practical case, below.
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