# Failure & Vulnerability

![https://twitter.com/DanielPink/status/1248604224121966592?s=20](/files/-M4ZIXoRJE3TrXPWKhG-)

[2012: SpaceX: Elon Musk's race to space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23GzpbNUyI4) #video - "From PayPal to electric cars to rockets, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk wants his company, SpaceX, to build America's next manned spacecraft"

[The Beautifully Strange World of Outsider Music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVks07UgVQQ) #video - "Whether we're talking about The Shaggs, Wesley Willis, B.J. Snowden, Eilert Pilarm, Shooby Taylor, Gary Wilson, R. Stevie Moore, Tiny Tim, Luie Luie, Daniel Johnston, or whoever else -- this category of music is all about originality/authenticity. These musicians and artists aren't the most polished in the world, but they make up for it with passion and creativity. Open your mind up, go down the rabbit hole of outsider music, and have a good time!"‌

[CGP Grey was WRONG](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua4QMFQATco) #video

["Fear Makes Companions Of Us All" | Listen | Doctor Who](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibL6Y0VN4Ys) #video - "Clara has some advice about fear for a young doctor. Taken from the episode "Listen.""

[The Five Rules of Risk - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtX-Ibi21tU\&feature=youtu.be)

[Is Most Published Research Wrong?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QuXLucH3Q) #video - "Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false."

[Mistakes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz4S9aOm0kM\&list=PLIilwIraDV2KXu0ZksOgeM7tyOrLwM_6m\&index=9\&t=0s) #video - "Mistakes involving explosions..."

[Pentatonix Messing Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvFypZckHRc) #video

[The Three Year Rule](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HF2AjcXurA\&feature=youtu.be) #video

[A Video for Perfectionists (and the value of Imperfect Space)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mAKN7s6_qE\&feature=youtu.be) #video - "One of my mantras is quality over quantity. But that's a slippery slope down. Here are my thoughts on perfectionism, wabi sabi and creative output."

[xkcd: Ten Thousand](https://xkcd.com/1053/) #comic

![https://www.savagechickens.com/2021/04/fear-of-success.html](/files/-MZOZSugCAx0W_zhOBwN)


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