solomon.gg was build to give you the means to serve yourself.
We live in a time where information is abundant, good content exists everywhere, and learning, technically, has never been easier. Yet most people struggle to find the right resources, get overwhelmed, or waste time on trash content.
This is the solution.
(I’d like to give some context first before I talk solutions. If you are inpatient, feel free to skip and jump to “#Why we need references instead of more content” below)
Origin (Context)
I’m tired of giving the same advice over and over again.
Too often, I see friends and family staying outdated or missing out on the tremendous amount of wisdom available online. They ask me the same questions repeatedly: “How do I start investing?” “How do I get into tech?”
Instead of asking and being depended on advice given, I’d like to give you the means - the tools - to serve yourself.
There is a pretty cool quote I just found recently.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. - Anne Isabella Ritchie
I think the best way for me to help you, is to give you the means to help yourself.
I’d like to help you build intuition, so that you (1) do not depend on others, especially if you have no one even capable helping you (what do you do then?) (2) so that you can learn and excel at anything you want to. You don’t need me or anyone else. So that your success may not depend on anyone, but yourself.
For context, I learned programming through online material - videos, documentation, probably too much stack overflow and random blog posts (like this one). I succeeded because, by teaching my self, I developed the skill - the intuition to know find and differentiate content, and to effectively consume and apply online learned material.
In the past, people had no choice but to pay for courses or seek advice for things like investing and many other things. But these days, being an Autodidact (self learner) is the optimal way.
The problem isn’t lack of information - it’s curation and guidance.
Why we need references instead of more content
When people ask me things like How do I start investing? I usually send a few videos, a link to Investopedia and share some of my own commentary and nuance. Things like: why ETFs are often better than stock picking, why investing in your Human Capital might be even more valuable etc.
And that’s it.
There’s no need for me to create yet another course, site, tutorial, or comprehensive guide.
The world doesn’t need more content. It needs better curation.
All that’s needed is a link - a reference to get you started.
That’s exactly what references are for: posts - that have free, high quality videos, articles, and other sources that give you a great overview of a topic. They’re carefully selected, come with my commentary to add crucial nuance and fill in missing details, and give you the tools you need to start doing what you want to do.
But wait - there is more.
The broader goal
My ultimate goal is to make solomon.gg effectively obsolete.
By giving you the ability to do this yourself - teaching you the intuition how to find, evaluate, and make good use of information - so you don’t need this site, me or any advisors anymore. I’m not advocating to never seek for advice no more, but to depend on it less.
They have nothing to do with references besides of making them obsolete. (Which is my primary intent)
Still working on that post, till then, allow me to say again:
Reference post are meant to enable. Think of them as someone holding your hand through the learning process.
They teach you the what and the, say, meta commentary teaches you how to learn.
You’ll also find none reference posts on this site. Those serve different purposes and are attempts to convey ideas, challenge conventional thinking, and share frameworks that might be useful.
fyi
There will always be a hint like this that explicitly differentiates reference and bond reference posts.
(Or you can also looking at the tags, either reference or personal-take)
Want to take a look? Here a list of Pinned posts.
solomon.gg was build to give you the means to serve yourself.
(man - i love house of cards)