I walked under a ladder (only way around). Joked with the contractor: "Haha, that's bad luck right?" Immediately went back to my desk and spilled coffee all over my computer, which now won't turn on.

Little Ways The World Works If you find something that is true in more than one field, you’ve probably uncovered something particularly important. The more fields it shows up in, the more likely it is to be a fundamental driver of how the world works. collabfund.com/blog/little-wa…

In-flight reading

Save like a pessimist and invest like an optimist.

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Aldous Huxley, so real

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Couldn’t agree more with this. Flexing wealth is expensive. The richest people we know aren’t loud — they’re quiet, patient, and free. True wealth doesn’t ask for attention. It just moves differently. Inspired by Morgan Housel

The most valuable personal finance asset is not needing to impress anyone.

This is very true

The best motivator in life is having a few people who you really don't want to disappoint.

Anticipation, adaptation, and expectations:

Good line from the book Trust: "They say the education of a child begins several generations before it is born."

The multi-generational game is deeply underemphasized.

Album drops October 7. Music & Lyrics by Morgan Housel. #TheArtOfSpendingMoney

“Wealth is the number of things one can do without.” - Dostoevsky

"We are being afflicted with a new disease of which some readers may not yet have heard the name, but of which they will hear a great deal in the years to come – namely, technological unemployment." - Keynes, 1930. Same as ever.

Life lesson I learned from Morgan Housel: Independence is the best drug on earth. Nothing beats it. Not real drugs, not status, not a million dollars, just the feeling of autonomy. It’s one of the few things you can’t put a price on. And unlike other drugs, the high persists.

My favorite product reviews are: "Excellent product, loved it, worked as I expected, recommend it to everyone, 2/5 stars."