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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
How I fixed my smartphone addiction
I have 2 phones - Cocaine Phone & Kale Phone
If you wait for the news -- you'll be wrong or late.
Easy question: When did the Roman Empire fall?
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.
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.
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 get lucky (without being rich)
Thought experiment: If you had to double your luck in 6 months, what would you do?
Information Diet: High Agency vs Low Agency
Every minute, 500 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.
What legacy ideas would be banned if they were invented today?
What legacy ideas would be banned if they were invented today?
What is the most useful emotion?
Famous sport debate: What sport has the best athletes?
I regret watching 72% of YouTube videos
I went through my YouTube viewing history and bucketed it into 3 categories:
The 6 Different Types Of Entrepreneurs
Joe Rogan and Warren Buffett are both entrepreneurs.
How to defeat your amygdala: 8 principles for killing fear
How to defeat your amygdala: 8 principles for killing fear
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.
Niche hobby: I collect differences between Brits and Americans.
18 thoughts on the USA vs the UK:
What sentence gives you goosebumps?
Here's mine: "You waste years by not being able to waste hours."
In 2001, Warren Buffett gave a talk at the University of Georgia.
He asked them the most Warren Buffett question ever:
12 thoughts on incentives:
1. Don't ask your barber if you need a haircut.
Fun question:
How many thoughts do you remember from yesterday?
What ideas are underpriced in 2024?
What ideas are underpriced in 2024?
18 useful razors and rules:
1. Bragging Razor - If someone brags about their success or happiness, assume it’s half what they claim
17 thoughts on turning life into a fun video game:
1. To-do lists = Anxiety inducing. Video game levels = Excitement inducing
0.1% of ideas this week: 1. We count in 10's because the human hand has 10 digits.
If you wait for the news -- you'll be wrong or late.
High Agency Machine: The Death Bed Razor
How Buffett and Munger set incentives
If you could put one idea on a billboard for the world to see -- what would it be?
Information Diet: High Agency vs Low Agency
0.1% Ideas: The Network Razor, Young Jeff Bezos Habits, Sunshine Hours
What sentence gives you goosebumps?
Red pill I've swallowed recently: Thinking Cost
How to cure midwit syndrome (3 razors from a recovering midwit):
Underrated skill in 2024: Strategic Ignorance
Does money buy happiness?
High Agency Habit: Specific > General
The regrets of the dying: what causes them?
High agency habits: George Bernard Shaw
How I fixed my smartphone addiction
The 4 forces that guide human decisions: Sex, food, money — and momentum of past decisions.
The Modern Paradox: Why are people not getting happier as quality of life increases?
Semi-controversial opinion: There’s no such thing as working too hard. There’s just being under rested.
Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives.
Been a hardcore caffeine addict for 10 years. I recently came off it for a month purely because I was afraid to do it.
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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