"Don't pay attention to what other people think" is probably good advice, but it's not going...
Similar how hard it is to accurately Consider side effects in practice, it's impossible to compensate...
It's way easier to Do outreach if you're not selling. Have something like a meetup, a...
Because that's the level at which you'll have more impact, and at which you can more...
Obviously. Considering the alternative is "be onedimensional." This is a refinement and clarification on Be authentic,...
If the underprivileged could improve their situation without anyone else's help, they would already have done...
Just because it's fun. But if you need more reasons, it's a way to Increase optionality....
Just because it's fun. But if you need more reasons, because it's a good way to...
This is a corollary of Avoid giving money to people, organizations, or causes you hate (if...
It's a way to Be kind to Future You. When you're cozy, you're in harmony with...
Just because it's fun. But if you need more reasons, gaining more knowledge is a way...
To Increase optionality, and comply with the "debt" part of Avoid debt, avoid jail.
Because you can't Optimize for discretionary time without doing so. Because you should Seek flow states,...
Just because it's fun, and a great way to Increase optionality and Learn new shit. It's...
Too much focus on future goals leaves too little room for appreciating the present moments, and...
(Unless you can think of a better way to treat Future You?) Here are some ways...
It's easy to measure clicks on a website, and reasonbly simple to optimize for clicks. But...
All emotional anguish and mental quandaries disappear when you enter a flow state. Put another way:...
Because time is all we have.
Growth without harmony is destructive, cheap and tacky. Anybody can do it, as long as they...
No matter how wonderful of a thing you make, someone will hate it. They'll go on...
It feels good. If you need it, there's plenty of science that says it's good for...
Not to save money, though choosing good tools will often mean Buy stuff used. Because over...
Attempts to compromise on authenticity tend to lead to flailing, inconsistent attempts to make peace with...
It's inexpensive to buy goods shipped here from halfway around the world, because Fossil fuel companies...
Update: It's now $7T. (source) According to the IMF.
It's hard for everyone, because Tax laws are complicated by design. Freelancers also have to make...
The tax preparation industry is sufficiently profitable to be able to lobby successfully against the simplification...
In tackling a new project, trying to sell your product or service, or attempting to become...
Classic example is endostatin, which seems to cure cancer in mice, but not in humans. There's...
You should Do outreach, but you shouldn't spam strangers trying to sell your services. Instead, you...
There are plenty of therapies with low to no effectiveness, but even the more effective ones...
A low cost of living is a way to Increase optionality since you won't urgently need...
Even though Tax laws are complicated by design and Tax planning is especially hard for freelancers,...
It's easy to get lost in list building, asset creation, research, process and automation … and...
No way around it, sorry. Suggestions: Do outreach Make your offer clear Optimize for word of...
It may be true that 1 in 20 people is a sociopath, but that means the...
(Source see Proposition 4.) Once someone invents the plow, and unlocks the increased food production it...
Post hoc rationalization is default mode for humans. It can happen so fast we don't have...
(Source.) It's not just billboards and puff pieces, either. It's massposting negative book reviews, paying scientists...
The Neil Postman "What is the problem to which cruise control is the answer?" anecdote is...
Going nophone for a full day is always challenging and always relaxing. You sleep better when...
Here's an example of a side effect: Every place on earth has unsafe levels of plastic...
Because US businesses spend nearly $100B a year on advertising and PR, and We all justify...
Whether taking notes, synthesizing beliefs, or organizing data, focus on an audience of "You, but older...
Imperative statements are great. As long as they're clear to the reader, they elicit at least...
If a win is good (it might not be), win win is better, and win win...
Give everything a home, and wherever possible, make the home for your writing a public one....
Start here. Make it highly likely that your customers will tell other potential customers about you....
You'll always be consuming some, since Every place on earth has unsafe levels of plastic in...
Be direct and focused about how you'd like other people to engage with you. (If you're...
Publicly, when possible. And Keep track of things you were wrong about.
afk: Field notes and a pencil are better than anything your phone can do. otherwise: Have...
You'll remember the things you were right about, because there are so many of them and...
Literally just so you can brag about it and appear smart. Some things I've changed my...
Do stuff where you have the option, but not the obligation, to act on the outcome....
Because it's satisfying, and because it's a way to Keep cost of living low.
It's a way to Be kind to Future You—you never have to remember where you put...
See Outside the Safe Operating Space of a New Planetary Boundary for Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances...
Not everything needs to get bigger, more efficient, more profitable. Harmony is better than growth. An...
Focus instead on finding and learning with other openminded people. Trying to identify bad faith arguments...
Because most of them are false. Because: You are biased and so are researchers Data can...
There is probably a set of sequential steps someone has to take in order to make...
Advice from a random NCBI paper¹: Seek to maximize: Positive interactions Social support Social connectedness Seek...
(Or, from your visitors' perspective, Don't Make Me Think.) Prioritize your offerings. Organize your menu based...
Meeting people is good, and often means you can introduce new friends to old friends, which...
Just to see what happens! Maybe, like eBay, you'll find the answer is "not much." Remember...
This helps you Keep cost of living low and Minimize your plastic consumption. It reduces demand...
"There's no ethical consumption under capitalism" IDK maybe? But there's buying food from a company that...
When you have more than one copy of a thing, you'll need to spend time: Figuring...
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