People think of education as something that they can finish.

—Isaac Asimov

Public goods are useless without public order

a girl came up to me at a party and asked if i had any good drama in my life recently.

If you're a strategist that wants to be good at second-order thinking, you need two things: 1) an incredible library of knowledge, and 2) the ability to reconstruct the world not just from your eyes, but from the eyes of players you will never know in your life.

We build elegant strategies and forecasts and theories, but the best plans break because... See more

Clarice Lispector ensinou muito, quando escreveu: “Por te falar, eu te assustarei e te perderei? Mas se eu não falar eu me perderei, e por me perder eu te perderia.”

You used to get your best ideas in the shower.

Now you have a waterproof phone case.

Scrolling while eating. Podcasts while walking. Background noise just to fall asleep. We've eliminated every gap where the mind once wandered.

As a neuroscientist, I can tell you - your brain needs those gaps. Try one silent walk this week and see what comes back.

Staring at the ceiling laying on your couch is a part of the process

"The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty."

Tomorrow was a good day