Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Marco Rubio: America welcomes a new G20.
- Japan's new submarines are impressive.
- From the archives: You're Only as Good as Your Worst Day.
- Kevin Kelly with 12 assumptions about extraterrestrial life. Hard to argue he's wrong.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Peter Attia with some miscellaneous health tips.
- Reminder: Bill Belichick on Tom Brady.
- Farnam Street: Effort requires no talent. If you want to be something it requires consistent effort. (HT A Layman's Blog)
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Farnam Street's Mental Models - the best way to make intelligent decisions. Good to review from time to time.
- Peter Attia: Are weighted vests good for weight-loss maintenance? I've heard good things about them and rucking but I'm more into the hike just for the sake of the hike.
- Scottie Scheffler with an incredible shot! Of course he won again.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- How the AMA screws doctors. Interesting read - I would like to see MAHA lead back to smaller doctor practices.
- From the archives: Elements of Effective Thinking.
- VDH on the passing Signal psychodrama. (HT Cultural Offering)
- Speaking of Signal. Talk about conflicts of interest.
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Have humans reached peak brain power? (Via)
- The Photoelectric Effect explained. Reminder that Einstein received his Nobel Prize for being the first to explain this (not E=MC2).
- From the archives: The Most Respectful Interpretation.
- Honest and fair elections. It's way past time to act on something I think most thought were "fair and balanced" to begin with but experience has taught us otherwise.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son.
"There is plenty of room at the top here, but there is no elevator in the building." That was perhaps my favorite bit.
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- From the archives: Farnam Street - Principles for Living.
- Donald Trump is a great man of history. (HT Steve Layman)
- Some memes you may enjoy. Didn't find the hot dog or pineapple ones funny though.
- Trump's State Department to focus on common sense and "America First." That should have always been the focus!
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- From the archives: What people eat on a submarine.
- Peter Attia on using Atomic Habits to meet your health goals.
- Farnam Street: How not to be stupid. A truly good rule to live by.
- Jonathan Turley on should NPR rely on listeners instead of taxpayers. Yes - next question.
Habits vs Goals: A Look at the Benefits of a Systematic Approach to Life.
"First we make our habits, then our habits make us." - Charles C. Nobel. So very true.
Arthur Schopenhauer on the Dangers of Click Bait.
Distractions from what's important is not a modern invention. Curate what you read carefully.
How Julia Child used First Principals Thinking.
"If you want to learn to think for yourself, you can't just follow what someone else came up with." True in cooking - true in life.
Active Listening: The Master Key to Effective Communications.
"Listening is difficult because it involves suppressing your ego long enough to consider what is being said before you respond." Listening is a superpower but perhaps the only one that needs to be practiced.
