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Pronouncements are more common than ever. It might be an insurgent announcing a way to change the government, a CEO with a bold new plan or an entrepreneur seeking funds. Or perhaps it’s a pu…

All caps, bold: MOVIE All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT* All caps: TV SERIES Italics: Book Quotation marks: “Play” Italics, quotation marks: “Short Story” 01/01 Lemon, Kwon Yeo-sun, Creative Types, Tom Bissell, WEST SIDE STORY (’21), TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM 01/02 BRITAIN’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES 01/03 THE THING FROM

If you want a breakthrough, or something at the top of the rankings, or a skill that few have, or the chance to build something you’re proud of… It doesn’t pay to also require tha…

The slow death of trying to overwork your problems

A system to organise projects.

Don't Follow the Crowd, Learn to Think for Yourself Discover how to challenge your own beliefs and become a lifelong super Learner Sign Up Now Or read on below to learn more. Until you learn to change your mind, you will never change your life Right now, in this very moment, there are beliefs swirling around your mind that you picked up in some unknown time and place—beliefs that undergird your identity, how you see the world. You have beliefs about relationships, money, time, religion, the universe, and whether or not it's okay to put pineapple on pizza (it's not okay). You have beliefs about yourself—probably way more than you realize and probably way more fucked up than you can imagine. You have beliefs about others—most of which are probably wrong. You have beliefs about the world, which are definitely wrong. Ready to Challenge Your Own Beliefs? Signup takes just 60 seconds Sign Up Now Do You Know What You’re Doing? Are You Sure? Even if you can clearly explain your beliefs, you almost never know where these beliefs …

Luxury goods are items that are worth more (to some) because they cost more. The cost itself is the benefit that is being sold. There used to be a correlation between superior performance and price…

In the last several years, intermittent fasting — only eating for a short window each day — has gotten a lot of attention, particularly for the way it can facilitate weight loss. But as my guest will explain, going longer than a few hours or even a full day without eating also has some striking, potentially even life-changing benefits […]

How Onfido implemented focus time across our tech organization

85% of the users of dating apps say they would like the folks they go out with to tell them directly if they’re not interested. But two-thirds of these same people have ghosted someone before. A strange dynamic exists around telling people no — whether in personal or professional contexts. We know that we ourselves […]

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You may have noticed that when you eventually find something, it’s in the last place you looked. Mostly because after that, you stop looking. And when a long-awaited moment finally arrives, t…

One of my favorite things that some of my fellow bloggers/newsletter authors do is offer a weekly roundup of links to books, stories, podcasts, gear, etc. that they’ve discovered and recommend. This year I thought I’d try doing that myself. There are often books I read that aren’t a good fit for the podcast (because, for […]

Entrenched cultural organizations and icons feel more permanent than they are. Network effects, brand power and the status quo can seduce us into believing that we’re stuck with what we have,…

You have to practice to become better. And trying out tools – be it features you are not using in your current one or exploring something completely new – is a way to practice.

A system to organise projects.

I have been using Obsidian as my personal knowledge management app of choice now for a few years, and recently I have been modifying one of my note vaults to a new indexing system. However, I stumbled across an interesting search issue with the indexing that required a bit of investigation to resolve.

Something extraordinary happened. A record became a hit, a new technology was proven to work, someone raised their hand and asked an important question… On this date, someone took a chance, c…

What: I set the goal of reading or re-reading (on average) a book a week in 2023. Classics, sci-fi, nonfiction, or anything people highly recommend. Some are short stories, some are long books. I try to alternate very short books with long ones. Suggestions: The following list is not final until the week of the book. I’ll keep adjusting the list based on suggestions and discussions. Here are direct links to posts about this on social media: Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook. I think Reddit and Twitter is probably the best place to make suggestions and do discussions. Schedule

To be clear, I very much like Lex Fridman’s proposed reading list, and I hope to reread many of those books.  Most of them are much deeper than their sometimes reputations, I might add.  (For all the stupid whining about the list, odd that no one is asking why he doesn’t read more in Russian.) […]

It’s easier to understand than it is to say. The baker and the blacksmith should trade. The baker can make a loaf of bread more easily and efficiently than the blacksmith, and the blacksmith …

Here are some of the most interesting things I learned this year: 1. In 1992, Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation resolved a trademark dispute with an arm wrestling match between their CEOs. ("Armed and Dangerous: The Malice in Dallas") 2. Women are 1.8 times more likely to think the office is too cold. ("Overcooling of offices reveals gender inequity in thermal comfort") 3. By the time the Saturn V rocket clears the launch tower, it has burned 4% of its fuel. ("Rockets, SpaceX, and the quest for reusability") 4. In 1800, it took 10 minutes of human labor (harvesting milling, etc.) to produce one kilogram of wheat. By 2021, it took only 2 seconds, a decline of 99.7%. (How the World Really Works)

Compared to the overall population, virtually no one built Wikipedia, virtually no one voted for that senator and virtually no one starts a business. Virtually no one cares enough to help a strange…

Today is the first workday of the new year. For most of us, that means the slow roll of the holidays is over. Today we answer all those emails we left unattended, resume work we left on hold in ear…

“They can always say no” is the mantra of someone who is hustling for attention, promo or a sale. But when you hustle a colleague or a friend, they can tell. They can tell that you&#821…

Why do we stop improving? I discuss the research behind why skills stagnate and how to move past it.

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