ten years as an antiquarian, hearing nothing but 'my relative kept these untouched in a box their whole life but they died, and I don't want this stuff' has radicalized me. annotate the books. use the china. wear the clothes until they wear out. your life should not be a museum

who here has done a multi-day dark retreat/incubation and has recommendations for places?

I think the wealthy deal with a problem of 'realness' in relationships. Does the other person see you as wealthy or do they see you, literally, as your wealth? In other words, do people relate to you as a person or an abstraction?

careful, impersonator🫥
Frederik Christopher

Fell back asleep for an hour after breakfast. Day is starting off unhinged.
Nightmare about a world of people being replaced by unemotional, soulless versions of themselves. Can't talk to them. A band of survivors forms. We meet Arnold Schwarzenegger in a boxing and comedy club.…

anecdotally, my asthma returned this past year after 1x covid and 1x nasty RSV this winter.

Has anyone tried Oxygen Advantage or other breathing techniques?

Prayer: time to speak
Meditation: time to listen
Curiosity, intuition, synchronicities: get your answers

Woke up at 3.13. Couldn't fall asleep. Lit a candle and sat for morning meditation to the sound of rain and occasional flicker of what I assume was lightning. Tremendous sense of peace and awe and gratitude.

In 1900 we used hand-carved limestone to make buildings beautiful.

In 2024 we use 6 shades of plastic.

hell yes

'Career risk explains most irrational decisions in the investment business. There is a lot of nonsense that goes on in the investment business. Most of it can be explained by incentives.'

what's the best writing on the experience of awe and what sparks it?

A few shared challenges I see among the 'spiritual transformation' crowd:
> Effective communication
> Fear of being labeled ('woo')
> Finding a framework/philosophy to make sense of direct experience
> Emphasis on experiences, lack of integration
> Develop discernment/filter

In the garden of your mind, don't accept weeds where there could be flowers. Plant every seed with intention.

Life demands a constant cleaning of the ‘goggles of perception’. What do I really want? What (who) is important?
You immediately pick up ideas and beliefs that are not your own, it's like a process of osmosis.

'A series of market decisions does add up to a kind of personality portrait. It is a method of finding out who you are, but it can be very expensive. This is the first Irregular Rule: If you don’t know who you are, this is an expensive place to find out.— The Money Game

we should all strive to bring *spinning book on middle finger* energy to our interviews

'Soros is the best loss-taker I’ve ever seen. He doesn’t care whether he wins or loses on a trade. If a trade doesn’t work, he’s confident enough about his ability to win on other trades that he can easily walk away from the position. There are a lot of shoes on the shelf; wear…