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Lindy Library: The 0.1% Of Ideas I've Found
What legacy ideas would be rejected today?
USA vs UK: Thoughts On How They Differ
7 Trojan Horses To Avoid
The 6 Different Types Of Entrepreneurs
Joe Rogan and Warren Buffett are both entrepreneurs.
I regret watching 72% of YouTube videos
I went through my YouTube viewing history and bucketed it into 3 categories:
What is the most useful emotion?
Famous sport debate: What sport has the best athletes?
What legacy ideas would be banned if they were invented today?
What legacy ideas would be banned if they were invented today?
Information Diet: High Agency vs Low Agency
Every minute, 500 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.
How to get lucky (without being rich)
Thought experiment: If you had to double your luck in 6 months, what would you do?
2024 Goal Setting: The Midwit Meme Guide
Thought experiment: If you had to cure your midwit syndrome in 2024, what would you do?
How to spot low agency people
1. Social proof beats logic - It doesn't matter what was said. It matters who said it. They would agree with a person they hated if you told them it was from a person they loved.
What's the opposite of a hedonic treadmill?
The hedonic treadmill is so powerful that Dan Bilzerian, the Jesus of Hedonism, wants to work at Walmart for 6 months to reset his hedonic baseline.
If you wait for the news -- you'll be wrong or late.
Easy question: When did the Roman Empire fall?
How I fixed my smartphone addiction
I have 2 phones - Cocaine Phone & Kale Phone
17 thoughts on turning life into a fun video game:
1. To-do lists = Anxiety inducing. Video game levels = Excitement inducing
18 useful razors and rules:
1. Bragging Razor - If someone brags about their success or happiness, assume it’s half what they claim
What ideas are underpriced in 2024?
What ideas are underpriced in 2024?
Fun question:
How many thoughts do you remember from yesterday?
12 thoughts on incentives:
1. Don't ask your barber if you need a haircut.
In 2001, Warren Buffett gave a talk at the University of Georgia.
He asked them the most Warren Buffett question ever:
What sentence gives you goosebumps?
Here's mine: "You waste years by not being able to waste hours."
Niche hobby: I collect differences between Brits and Americans.
18 thoughts on the USA vs the UK:
Federer, Nadal and Djokovic: A Lesson in ignoring advice
In Tennis, there was a special moment in history: The 3 greatest of all time -- competed at the exact same time.
How to defeat your amygdala: 8 principles for killing fear
How to defeat your amygdala: 8 principles for killing fear
High Agency Machine: The Death Bed Razor
If you wait for the news -- you'll be wrong or late.
0.1% of ideas this week: 1. We count in 10's because the human hand has 10 digits.
How Buffett and Munger set incentives
If you could put one idea on a billboard for the world to see -- what would it be?
Been a hardcore caffeine addict for 10 years. I recently came off it for a month purely because I was afraid to do it.
Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives.
Semi-controversial opinion: There’s no such thing as working too hard. There’s just being under rested.
The Modern Paradox: Why are people not getting happier as quality of life increases?
The 4 forces that guide human decisions: Sex, food, money — and momentum of past decisions.
How I fixed my smartphone addiction
High agency habits: George Bernard Shaw
The regrets of the dying: what causes them?
High Agency Habit: Specific > General
Does money buy happiness?
Underrated skill in 2024: Strategic Ignorance
How to cure midwit syndrome (3 razors from a recovering midwit):
Red pill I've swallowed recently: Thinking Cost
What sentence gives you goosebumps?
0.1% Ideas: The Network Razor, Young Jeff Bezos Habits, Sunshine Hours
Information Diet: High Agency vs Low Agency
When somebody tells you something can’t be done, ask: “Does it defy the laws of physics?”
How many thoughts do you remember from yesterday?
Treadmill Friends vs Sofa Friends
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