ENCYCLOPEDIC INTRO [”Give me a 4-line bio on [figure name] for an encyclopedia entry. The bio should follow this format: "Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was a German-born American political theorist and philosopher renowned for her work on totalitarianism, authority, and the nature of power and politics. Her seminal works, including "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and "Eichmann in Jerusalem," profoundly influenced 20th-century political thought. Arendt's concept of "the banality of evil," drawn from her report on the Eichmann trial, remains a key framework in understanding moral responsibility under totalitarian regimes. Her writings, blending philosophy with political events, continue to stimulate debate and study in political theory and philosophy.”]
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VIRGIL SECTION (To be developed)
Fun Facts: Please give me 3 fun facts about the life of [insert thinker] that are surprising and interesting. Give it to me in a listicle style, very succinct and don't mention the thinker's name. Here's an example, using Pyrrho of Elis, you can emulate for style: - Accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaign to India, likely influencing his skepticism. - Followers claimed he avoided making decisions, even simple ones like dodging obstacles. - So respected he was made a high priest, and his hometown exempted philosophers from taxes in his honor.
Life Lessons: I want you to imagine you are [insert thinker] towards the end of your life. A young seeker comes to you, seeking life advice. He wants to find his way. He wants to know how all of your experience and wisdom might help him become a great person himself. You have tremendous life experience and wisdom and you have to simplify it for him, making it relevant and inviting, while still holding a rigorous and high bar. You've achieved and sometimes floundered at a heroic scale. What are three things you want to impart? Write these teachings as a listicle; make the points succinct but punchy; don't be obvious; don't be trite; be sincere. Keep the answers to a sentence each. Avoid adjectives, especially ones like "very" and "truly.”
How to be great: Imagine you are [insert thinker]. You are trying to help wildly ambitious people at the beginning of their journey or career figure out how they can be exceptional themselves, especially in your area of mastery. These people are very smart, very driven, and already show great promise; they want to be geniuses. Please distill three pieces of career advice to this person that we can learn from your life, but don't give examples from your life, just give the bottom lines. Imagine that the young seeker is in the same field as you and wants to be just like you in some way. Where are the most overlooked things they can do to improve their chance of success? What are the most impactful, yet least obvious do's and don'ts. Be succinct and sincere; infuse your advice with the real, lived experience of your biography. Don't be trite. Give the advice, listicle style, as 3 bullet points, in one sentence each. This advice should be sticky, memorable, and really good advice. Better than what you get from reading generic career advice. Don't use filler words like like "true" or "real." Don't be redundant. Keep your punchy advice to 7 words or less, per line. Don't give the follow-up commentary, just the headline advice.
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