Feb 7, 2009
He produced his remarkable output in four hours a day — he found it too exacting to do more — in the mornings, with afternoons and evenings often spent walking or listening to records.

Description of the mathematician and philosopher Frank Ramsey, who produced a number of important contributions to math, philosophy and economics before his death (at 26!), quoted here.

37 Signals and whoever else is arguing for working less, but more productively during that time, this is your guy. Also an ideal fit for one of Malcolm Gladwell’s grand overgeneralizations.

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