one study found that attending weekly religious services raises people’s happiness as much as moving from the bottom quartile of income to the top. Moreover, doubling their rate of religious attendance raises their income by nine percent. Another study found that the percentage of Americans who rated their mental health as “excellent” fell for ever

"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”

—Charles Bukowski

I’ve always asked myself if there is a social media app that doesn’t reward looks or your going to the gym, but rather serves as proof that you do the introspective work, a gym for the mind. I may have found it. Hello Sublime

I often think about how the internet is a collective consciousness for humanity and how the first 30 years of the internet didn’t create products with that context in mind and lost the reverence of that sacredness. The products created didn’t have that aspiration in mind and simply wanted to monetize and grow. Sublime is the first product in a long

“The Industrial Revolution was an energy revolution. It replaced physical labor (horses) that’s why we talk about horse power. The AI revolution will replace brains and mind power. The impact it has on society will be hard to imagine.”

— Fareed Zakaria (on Prof G podcast 4/4/2024)

When it comes to business and careers, the more interesting people will succeed and capture more upside than ever before.

Because the uninteresting ones will get commoditized (hello 🤖).

And by interesting I mean being capable of analyzing, deciding, and executing in a way few others can.

Generating more unique ideas, understanding complex things fast