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Essays and developing ideas on technology, ownership, human potential, economics and building.
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- Could sound help treat Alzheimer’s?
A week of 40Hz sound changed Alzheimer's-related amyloid markers in aged monkeys. Interesting, but nowhere near proven.
- Everyone is citing the same mistake
Ten citations can look like ten pieces of evidence even when they all return to one uncertain claim.
- Make an idea ready to be received
Having an idea and preparing another person to understand it are two different jobs.
- How is taste developed?
Taste is not mysterious instinct. It is trained attention, comparison and the ability to explain a choice.
- When should I push, and when should I pull back?
The difficult part is not learning to never quit. It is learning what deserves another attempt.
- The Industrial Revolution Never Ended
Every new technology removes a constraint. Then it creates a problem we did not have before.
- How stock options actually work
Stock options can be valuable. But several things have to go right before they become money.
- Fear does not always look afraid
A lot of dysfunctional behaviour may be an attempt to feel safe. The useful question is what fear the behaviour is protecting.
- Finding my why
Finding your why is not one moment of inspiration. Write an answer, live with it and keep correcting it.
- Make the first step ridiculously easy
A task can be too large to begin. Decompose it until the first physical action is obvious.
- Knowledge creates distance
The better I become at something, the harder it can become to remember not knowing it.
- How to build a high-power rocket
Build a rocket that goes up, records what happened and comes back safely.