Ulysses Chuang

On the other hand, a habit like lifting weights has an extremely high rate of return. Getting stronger will make you more fit, give you more energy, increase your focus and mental performance, reduce effects of aging, raise your metabolism and help your body process food better, and so on. Ironically, lifting weights would probably make you a... See more

To write a quatrain with an ABAB rhyme scheme, the poet must select the A rhymes in advance. Claude does this. It generates the first line, then deliberately plans ahead so that the second line ends with a word that rhymes with the first. This is not next-token prediction in the shallow sense. It is teleological composition. Claude does not just... See more

You’re not healed when you wholly understand yourself but when you don’t matter to yourself anymore. You’re healed once you internalize you must fight for something bigger than yourself: you fight for your family; you fight for love; you fight for art; you fight for meaning. Maybe you fight for political change or perhaps you’re a fanatical writer... See more

Tiago Forte, creator of Building a Second Brain , argues that a knowledge system isn’t about hoarding information; it’s about making it useful. His C.O.D.E. framework (Capture, Organize, Distill, Express) breaks this down:

• Capture the ideas and insights that spark your interest. A sticky note, a voice memo, or an app like Notion—whatever works.

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When technical execution becomes trivially easy, when anyone can spin up a startup, design a fashion line, or produce a film, the scarce resource becomes knowing what's worth doing in the first place. And what’s worth doing is typically deeply subjective.

Many have asked me recently, somewhat anxiously, about how I see the future of work unfold. I... See more

Manson came up with a list of his own six suggestions for keystone habits, including meditation, reading, writing, socialising, and exercising. Manson says his list of habits "provide a nice foundation for a healthy life in all domains: physically, emotionally, psychologically and socially."

He also includes cooking, which might not seem an obvious... See more

i often think about this passage i read recently: It only takes one night for your decades-long desire to cross over from your imagination into your memory, which tells you that all of this is at least possible. Maybe knowing that your joy is possible is what finally sets you free. it’s surprisingly accurate. i’ve only really had one decent... See more

It felt spiritual, almost otherworldly, with many synchronicities occurring. I was “going crazy,” and my sensual capacities were on overdrive. I was told I was going through a Kundalini Awakening. So much energy was channeling through me. I was having breakdowns and breakthroughs every day.

When I was fully plugged into the experience, I felt like I... See more