Going to make a thread of historical bottom-ish datapoints. Not saying we are exactly at the bottom but there’s a lot of evidence that fear is at historical levels for something that one man can undo at any given point.

"Imagine reading a book with no way to turn the page back... How carefully would you read it? That's your life." You can't go back and change anything you do... A reminder to make your first reading count.

Frosted outside. Citrus inside.

> wake up > doomscroll > fry your brain before doing anything else I’m sure it’s good for you, I think

A sense of purpose in life significantly lowers the risk of cognitive impairment in later life. Even in those with a genetic risk for dementia.

Train attention like a muscle

If you're struggling with discipline, try getting some work done first thing in the morning -- before you eat, before you shower, before anything. Getting some work done is your meal and shower ticket. The longer you go in your day being lazy, the harder it is to get yourself to

How to increase agency *and* have fun: Luck razor.

Step 1 -- get into the habit of getting off your butt and actively doing tons of things. Step 2 -- get really good at identifying the highest ROI things, focusing your bandwidth on those things, and shielding your attention from all the other fascinating distractions.

$NRP

MUST WATCH: Donald Trump in 2005 testifying before Congress about the United Nations building renovation. He rails against congressional incompetence leading to ridiculous costs for sloppy work. HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!

1. Get up at 6am 2. Put your phone away 3. Do 3 hours of deep work 4. Have all your tasks done by 9am Then do whatever you want with the rest of your day.

The CDC’s “top scientists” told me cloth over my face would protect me from a virus, injecting myself with an experimental drug was safe, and attending George Floyd protests was safe, but attending church was not. Firing CDC “experts” isn’t a massacre, it’s a public service.

Last pandemic the CDC wanted me locked inside for years and forced to take experimental shots that didn’t stop the virus so I’m good with them not being around next pandemic

how to learn faster using neuroscience:

The last time valuations were at today‘s extremes (growth vs value, us vs intl, large vs small), the next 10 years brought these results (most people have very low exposure in the last 8 rows - then and now) btw Nasdaq lost more than half of its value in this timeframe…

$NRP has access to 13 million acres of mineral rights near key industrial hubs in the USA in the era of AI, in-sourcing, and rare minerals hunting and it's currently generating a 10%+ yield on an almost debt free business.

It can be tricky for people outside of AI to understand how the massive build out of AI infrastructure makes sense right now. Most of the use of AI at this point is basically asking a question and getting an answer back. It’s hard to perceive how this could turn into 10 or 100X

need to learn how to use agents and scale

Communication is the ultimate meta-skill

FACT: Youre getting outperformed by a mfer who believes everything is working in his favor, wakes up, thanks God for a new day, and gets straight to work Everything else is just noise. Guard your mind and your actions.

My college buddies who got drunk as shit regularly are business owners, doctors, and lawyers. My college buddies who got stoned regularly are still potheads 25 years later and have never amounted to anything. Take that for what it’s worth.