Not about me directly but… My first sales job was at Cisco, and before putting us in the field we were given a year long training program. Since most of us were in our early 20’s, the initial orientation focused heavily on workplace professionalism. Rather than use generic

Most modern mental health “issues” are simply cover used by entitled people to justify antisocial behavior

But the birth rate decline predates even this. Whatever the cause, it seems to be embedded into what we call modernity. Absent massive technological changes in the next few decades (eg. artificial wombs), population collapse seems inevitable in the developed world.

The least attractive hobby to most women is one chosen specifically for the goal of attracting women

I’ve been making this argument for years. You think class resentment is bad now? Just wait until AI has displaced millions of jobs. People don’t care about 3% growth when rent is up 50%. The very wealthy need to both make visible displays of positive impact + lead relentless

Moving from SF to Miami made this clear. There’s plenty of vagrancy in both places and Miami has more crime overall. But crime here is more localized, and vagrants here aren’t constantly threatening people in tourist areas. It *feels* safer, even though stats may say otherwise.

In a psych class at Stanford we were asked to design an experiment that challenged a conventional belief. I had just started dating a black woman at that time, and quickly noticed that most of the disapproving looks and comments we received weren’t coming from white people. For

Generally not a fan of domestic Sangiovese but Salvestrin has the family pedigree to pull it off

There's been some griping here on X recently about Terrence Tao losing his research grant. And yes, I think this is a shame - I have enormous respect for the man. But. If you stand idly by as an academic while your university engages in illegal and immoral racial

I got my dad into wine, I gotta make sure we keep it that way on the rare occasions we’re able share a bottle in person. Very nice Mt Veeder Cabernet from Robert Craig Winery

True in dating. True in sales. I always remind my teams that “no” is the second best outcome.

I’ve begrudgingly come to the same conclusion, after 20 years working with everyone from nascent startups to Fortune 50’s. If you’re talented, you may not lose your job if you refuse to play. You may even get promoted a few times. But you’ll never reach your ceiling.

One reason I suspect that small business owners tend to be more conservative, is that they have a front row seat to all manner of human behavior. My biggest personnel mistakes were all downstream of ignoring a mismatch between my intuition vs. their data.

We get the crime we tolerate

I posed the question to ChatGPT and it didn't have a good response. Now I'm not sure what I should think.