Fixed vs Fluid Games
Investing is not gambling, but the difference is hard to tell.
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Mental Models
“You can’t get rich working for someone else” is a LIE
Um, actually you can get rich working for someone else.
Chaos vs Order
The ages 22 to 24 were the two most confusing years of my life. I graduated from the cocoon of college, into a job I wasn’t sure about. Attempted to find hobbies so I could have a life outside work. Then I tried online dating, which was exciting and messy. In hindsight, those two years …
Beyond Good and Evil: Hanlon’s Razor
We tend to attribute malice to things that can be better explained by the wider spectrum of human nature
Action over identity
It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me. – Bruce Wayne, Batman Begins ”What do you do?” How people answer this question fascinates me. Technically, the question asks for the action. What you do. But people introduce themselves by identity – who they claim to be. I’m a writer. A …
Asking is Free
I was cringing inside. This was taking too long to just order a piece of toast. My friend loves to go off menu: We’ll start with the tostada con tomate …but is it possible to just do half of this, and get the other half with salmon? Can you bring extra sea salt, and oh, …
Upgrade your problems
Every suburban kid has their watershed moment of humility. Mine was in the commune of Hinche, a year after the Haiti earthquake. I was on a medical aid trip1. A dentist I was assisting told me something that blew my mind: “If we don’t remove the abscess, the tooth can get infected and the patient …
