
20: One long year later
We can all agree that 2020 was awful, but I learnt a few things worth sharing and am making a lot of changes to how I approach life.
The full archive of my newsletter, covering psychology, philosophy, business and culture. Every post features a photo from my travels.
We can all agree that 2020 was awful, but I learnt a few things worth sharing and am making a lot of changes to how I approach life.
Some thoughts on game theory, competition, and the global circulation of kindness.
We've become servants to the news cycle and are separated by chasms of partisanship, but with empathy and a form of communicative rationality, we can progress as a better-informed society.
I’ve been thinking about the paradox of choice and optimizing our ability to handle tasks through better decision-making.
I'm taking 100,000 steps in 24 hours for charity. That's about 81km or 50 miles. It will take 18-20 hours. I am not a runner or performance athlete. I don’t even remember the last time I jogged.
Essentialism exposes my frequent stumbling blocks—taking on too much, underestimating completion times, and letting the cumulative chaos eat into more precious areas of my life.
You should prepare in advance whatever tools, skills or resources you will need later in life. Later could be tomorrow or years from now, but you'll be better adapted to capitalize on opportunities!
This week I'm republishing and adding commentary to a race-related piece that was taken down after some tweets of mine went viral. It's important right now. TW.
Discipline is notoriously hard to cultivate. Fried plantain won't eat itself and I can binge Netflix shows like they’re shutting the website down tomorrow. But discipline is achievable!
I want to challenge your conception of motivation and point out why it's a poor fuel for productivity. Also, we need to stop pretending broccoli is delicious.
Hellenistic philosophy, the connection between Jesus and Socrates, and what atheists (and others) can learn from the Bible.
If you're feeling like poo this week, boy do I have some facts for you!