If you aren’t getting happier as you get older, you’re doing it wrong.

Excited for this! Bill Gurley

HOW I KNEW EPSTEIN WAS A FRAUD A mathematician friend of mine was told by Epstein in 2004 that he made his money as a "mathematical option trader". My friend was impressed as Epstein had the largest mansion in Manhattan. My option friends found no trace of him in the option

2/ Academics & intellectuals are courtiers at heart. They bow to patrons. This runs back 3000 years. Even the lefties are conformists in a certain social structure. I happened to be ferociously independent and have f***you money. This makes patrons uncomfortable. More stories.

Now here is a role model!!

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If I say "I smell a fraud", it is a fraud. My fraud detector has some false negatives* but never had a false positive. Never, so far. *False negative: thinking someone is not a fraud when he/she is. *False positive: thinking someone is a fraud when he/she is not.

Good taste is judgement refined through creation and criticism - criticism not just from flawed proxies like people and awards, but criticism from nature and free markets.

🚨Just wrapped up a full mobile product. From strategy to flows to production-ready design. It’s now approved by the App Store and launching in the coming days 🚀 This is what execution looks like behind the scenes. Not one screen. Not a mockup. A complete system. 🔥 I’m

One of the best people I’ve ever had the chance to work with. 10x builder/operator/and overall person!

My 3.5-hour conversation with Naval. Fresh takes on every idea from The Almanack of Naval: happiness, judgment, knowledge, leverage. Now in one episode, available on Spotify, Youtube, etc.

"If you want to be great, walk the rope without a boss and without a net." Naval

"Children are happy because: 1) They're not self conscious 2) They lack a sense of time pressure 3) They've no goals. The bottom line is they are living from moment to moment, and the mind is not there to interfere in their bliss." Naval

This episode was great. I’ve admired Chamath for years. The way he talks about for years about playing the games that actually matter — wealth, family, health — rather than status or other empty games has always stuck with me. Separately, one of the reasons I liked All-In was

There’s nothing worse than a middle manger

Only one noun makes legacy meaningful: God. Everything else is eventually forgotten.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: "you should study risk taking, not risk management"

The uniparty in action

I'm afraid Trump will end up like Napoleon. A man who inherited a mighty and rich empire, and left the country weaker, more bankrupt and damaged then when he initially took it over. but still retains a cult following in his death by a certain amount of supporters.

Everything You Know is About to Collapse - David Friedberg youtu.be/8s2nO_hxbLA?si… via YouTube This conversation just made me so happy omg. david friedberg will the boomers destroy the world before this bright future can blossom?