Author Archives: Konrad

I’ll be voting for HRC. But. People are much too confident that she will win. The last year is full of examples of the public underestimating the support for DT. Remember when he could never win the primary? Now he’s the republican nominee. Remember when that audio recording was the end of his campaign? Now…More

The story that I like goes like this: If one of your friends tells you you’re an asshole you can ignore them. But, if 5 of your friends tell you you’re an asshole, your response can’t be “No I’m not!” It should be “What am I doing wrong?” This applies to everything. You must find…More

Otherwise you’ll get stuck in the trap of “I’ll just keep trying”. That leads to 0 improvement. 1. Set a concrete target. 2. Set a concrete timeframe to reach that target. 3. Identify clear activities to do that should help you reach that target. If you have not reached the target by the end of…More

Its tempting to let yourself get caught up in your own self-perpetuating “spin zone”. On the flip side, there are ideas that nobody thinks are good so how can you tell if you should keep pushing or find something different? This can apply to anything from business ideas to career changes or writing. Of course,…More

I, as many of you, tend to budget by feel. I know more or less how much I should spend on one dinner or how often I should buy new things or how much I should spend in a night out. This tends to lead to me not spending a ridiculous amount of money but…More

We’re going to live in an interesting time. What happens when everyone knows everything? Is that better or worse than we are now? Sure, if the government knows everything about us thats bad. Because then the government can 100% enforce regulations that are not 100% correct. Like Marijuana use. But, thats only bad if we…More

There is a lot of literature showing that at a systemic level sleep is enormously important to income. The most fascinating example of this is by measuring sleep and income in cities that are on the east and west sides of a time zone. In the city on the western edge of a time zone…More

That includes alcohol, caffeine, marijuana and adderall. Each of those claims to have some sort of “use case” that can help the average person be more social, focus, relax etc… In the typical case Using a drug to achieve a certain state lets you skip the hard personal reflection and examination of getting to that…More

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Or is it that people interact more through screens which is better. Its likely that we are actually interacting with more people on a daily basis. Its also likely that we have more high quality relationships than in the past. Since more relationships leads to more chances for a high quality one to form. So,…More