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11 mental tricks to stop overthinking everything
Despite the listicle clickbait title, I found this article worth reading. | learn more
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Why to start using a decision journal
I don’t use a decision journal, but I’ve imagined doing so a handful of times over the years. Do you? I’d love to hear first-hand experiences! | learn more
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Using models to stay calm in charged situations
Farnam Street offers an exceptionally useful case study of how and when we can use mental models to make better decisions when passions run high and cloud our judgement. | learn more
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How to disagree
Paul Graham wrote this essay in March 2008. He recognized that the rise of the internet allowed people to express disagreements more frequently than legacy media. Then he ranked the key methods of disagreement from name-calling to refutation of the […]
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Move upstream to solve problems before they happen
“In 1998, 42 percent of Icelandic 15- and 16-year-olds reported having been drunk in the previous 30 days. Almost a quarter smoked cigarettes daily, and 17 percent had already tried cannabis.” Twenty years later, teenage culture had been completely transformed […]
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Preserving optionality
From Farnam Street: “We’re often advised to excel at one thing. But as the future gets harder to predict, preserving optionality allows us to pivot when the road ahead crumbles.” | learn more
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Improbable things
From Paul Kedrosky: “It’s a big planet and so a lot of weird things that shouldn’t happen, happen all the time. As I like to remind people, on a planet with 7.5 billion people, a billion-to-one longshot potentially happens seven-ish […]
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Communicating online
Seth Godin highlights four ‘big leaps’ that exist when moving communication online. “It’s not just like the real world but with keyboards.” | learn more
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Happiness is peace in motion
Naval Ravikant has transitioned from startup investor to philosopher, and I like it! “The first problem with attaining peace is that no activity will get you there. Fundamentally, peace is inactivity; it’s a sense that everything is fine.” | learn more
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Yale’s “most popular class ever” is available for free online
It’s called The Science of Well-Being. The online ratings and feedback are impressive: 4,000+ ratings with 98% approval and 4.9 stars. Direct link to course. If you’re not quarantined with small children, you should have plenty of time to check it […]