Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Elon's Endgame.

- From the archives: Tim Ferriss - The Master and the Fool.

- Jonathan Turley: Former Georgetown admissions officer discusses using essays to circumvent affirmative action rulings. 

- How long do we wait for new inventions? Surprised this wasn't called the Reese's Cup hypotheses.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Why we need continual learning.

- So the Secretary of the Navy has left. Somehow missed this news.

- The bombing of speedboat videos are back!

- It's my favorite fake holiday - it's Earth Day! Kwanzaa for tree huggers! (HT Borepatch)

Charlie Munger on Being a Learning Machine

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More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Interesting: SpaceX launches highly secret Israeli satellite.

- From the archives: How description leads to understanding.

- OK I laughed.

- Also from the archives - excellent writing advice.

Charlie Munger

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Cultivate the Desire to Work

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The Feynman Technique

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Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The failure of the expert class.

- To assess or advocate? The IPCC is at risk of losing its credibility. At risk? They lost their credibility a long time ago.

- What learning by doing looks like. The evolution of polycrystalline drill bits. Long read.

- The Wild world of Democratic ethics. Shame! Tar and feathers are too good.

Charlie Munger on Learning

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The world's energy consumption in 2023. Fossil fuels made up 81% of worldwide use. China used 56% of the world coal while Inia used more than Europe and North America together.

- From the archives: Make learning a life-long habit.

- Joe Biden and the Common Knowledge Game. (HT Tom)

- Reminder

Richard Feynman

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Farnam Street Knowledge

 

The Generalized Specialist: How Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Kepler Excelled.

I prefer trying to be more like the fox than the hedgehog. I find it more interesting.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Morgan Housel on Active vs Passive Learning. Big on passive learning.

- The Free Press on how to fix Harvard. They could also make their endowment taxable!

- Speaking of The Free Press - was unaware of this deal between Texas A&M and Qatar.

- Now this is a conspiracy theory.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs." - Cus D'Amato

"Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lessons." - Paulo Coelho

"We've been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems. But at some point, maybe we will wake-up and recognize that it was politicians that created our problems." - Ben Carlson

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." - Henry Ford

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The six best doctors in the world are sun, rest, exercise, diet, self-esteem, and friends. Keep them at all stages of your life and enjoy a healthy life." - Charlie Chaplin

"To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting." - Edmund Burke

"A bow tie announces to the world that you can no longer get an erection." - David Sedaris

"Learn by trying to understand simple things in terms of other ideas - always honestly and directly." - Richard Feynman

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit." - Cato

"Reading a book isn't a race - the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed." - Naval Ravikant

"When I die I want my body donated to science. But more specifically, a scientist who's working on bringing dead guys back to life." - Norm Macdonald

"The real reason we should take from seeing the corruption of the college admissions process is not to care much where people went to college." - Paul Graham

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Violent revolutions do not so much as redistribute wealth as destroy it." - Will and Ariel Durant

"You cannot live a free life without having your own thoughts." - Clarence Thomas

"The purpose of learning isn't to affirm our beliefs; it's to evolve our beliefs." - Adam Grant

"If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search." - John Templeton 

Charlie Munger's Secret to Success

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war." - William S. Burroughs

"The means of learning are abundant - it is the desire to learn that is scarce." - Naval Ravikant

"Though they may start out with entrepreneurial zeal, once firms or bureaucracies grow large, they become risk-adverse to the point of Luddism." - Matt Ridley

"I've bongoed naked until the cops arrested me." - Matthew McConaughey

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Don't take yourself so seriously. You're just a monkey with a plan." - Naval Ravikant

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." - Henry Ford

"The reward for our work is not what we get, but what we become." - Paulo Coelho

"Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky