“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” – Jerzy Gregorek Jerzy Gregorek (@TheHappyBody) immigrated from Poland to the United States with his wife, Aniela, in 1986 as p…

Spearhead asked me to write a post on angel investing when they first launched. Here’s a slightly updated version—most of the wisdom is from Naval. Charlie Munger says investing requires a&nb…

Cryptocurrencies begin rivaling nation states within 5 years

A short clip from Monty Python's Life of Brian.

I believe that there is no constitutional difference between WikiLeaks and The New York Times.

Podcast: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Transcript There’s no actual skill called “business” Naval: In that sense, business to me is bottom of the barrel. Thereee&#…

Podcast: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Summary If you understand math and logic, you have the basis for understanding the scientific method. Once you understand the scientific met…

At the heart of “Rick and Morty” is a choice:

Book One of Jed McKenna's Enlightenment TrilogyFrom a spiritual master unlike any, a spiritual masterpiece like no other. AUTHOR, TEACHER AND SPIRITUAL MASTER Jed McKenna tells it like it's never been told before. A true American original, Jed succeeds where countless others have failed

Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Summary Read what you love until you love to read. Start with the books that interest you, no matter how unrefined they may seem. To avoid being seduced b…

Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Summary Learn to sell, learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable. Selling is anything from one-on-one sales to marketing, recruiting, fu…

My pick of the podcasts that have meant the most to me in 2019 (so far!), featuring: Scott Adams and Naval Ravikant, Tim Ferriss, Richard Herring, Sam Harris, and Brian Koppelman (plus honourable m…

Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Summary Specific knowledge can be taught through apprenticeships or self-taught. It’s the highest paying knowledge because it involves things that s…

One of my blog posts from 2007 has been making the rounds on social media this week. (Thank you, Naval Ravikant.) I take that as a signal that I should re-post it here in case you missed it the first…

Naval & I discuss a horrifying risk. We questioned whether to post this. Might it give someone ideas? Well, the bad guys already HAVE ideas. And cataclysms are only averted if we face them. There’s…

Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Summary Arm yourself with specific knowledge. The classic example of specific knowledge is investing. But it could be anything from judgment in running a …

If one examines with a sharp scalpel the foundations of his desires, he discovers that they rest upon foundation of hope. If one examines this hope with incisive detail, he discovers that it rests…

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Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Summary: Pick business partners with high intelligence, energy and integrity. They need intelligence or they’ll head in the wrong direction. Th…

Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Download Summary: Partner with rational optimists. They know the downsides but they keep their chin up. Don’t partner with cynics and pessimists, their belie…

Unblocking the power of blockchains and cryptocurrencies for social good

Apple · Spotify · Google · Download Summary: Pick an industry where you can play long-term games with long-term people. Long-term players make each other rich. Short-term players mak…