weekly Go Flip Yourself

“This is our paradox. When we are apart: hypervigilance. When we are together: inattention.”

• always be learning

• If you're not learning, you're probably not on a path that leads to superlinear returns.

What kids are dying from today are mainly car crashes and suicides, not playing outside unsupervised with friends. Parents are worrying about the wrong causes of injuries and harm. In fact, the very strategies that parents use to try to keep their children safe – driving them around, maximizing supervision, and minimizing freedom – are unintentionally increasing the likelihood of injuries and even death.

The solutions are both simple and hard. We know what children need to thrive. The three key ingredients necessary for thriving play environments are Time, Space, and Freedom.

if you want to be able to briskly climb stairs when you are 75, you need to be in the top 95th percentile of cardiovascular fitness.

This is a story about three dates: 1994, 2007, and 2022. And then three more dates: 1996, 2009 and 2025.