Author Archives: Konrad

I do it to increase willpower, enter ketosis (to reduce risk of cancer), and for life extension. 1. Willpower. Fasting is another one of those things that seems so hard if you’ve never done it. Then after doing it “Oh, that wasn’t so bad”. It continues to build that part of my brain that looks…More

Ideally, simulating the exact feeling, either positive or negative, that doing the habit would create. This is much easier said than done. In general it requires 4 things: 1. A believable way of quantifying the end state. 2. A strong emotional connection to the end state. 3. A way of triggering this emotional connection. 4.…More

1. Where does the cost / benefit ratio stop being worth it? 2. What if by saving everyone we’re stopping evolution? Evolution works by the more fit having more offspring. If we are extending lives of people that would have died otherwise, we’re stopping the process. What do you think? ^Day 75/90 68 wordsMore

This seems obvious but the level to which its necessary escapes a lot of designers. You must make the hidden goal visible. A lot of design focuses on whatever the easier form of data to visualize is. Makes it pretty and then calls it a day. You really have to dive down and figure out…More

Its revolutionized the way I drink. There are 2 major benefits: 1. Track drunkenness. In the past I would set limits for myself on the # of drinks I’d like to keep myself to but would routinely ignore them. Over time I realized that I was ignoring these limits because I knew that 3 drinks…More

Like carpenters the skill will lose value over time. For thousands of years carpenters were sought after skilled professionals. They created beautiful works of art and were crucial to everyday building. Now we have machines that stamp out the wooden furniture that we need. There is currently a massive demand for software developers. That will…More

Its already much cleaner than it was a century ago. Yet. Its still much dirtier than it was when Europeans discovered it. Text from the time describes being able to see the bottom of the river in some places. Seeing the fish swimming under water. This is obviously no longer the case. The billion oyester…More

We all know about nutrition and exercise being under-taught. These are completely under the radar. 1. Healthy alcohol consumption. In the US the default method of teaching kids about alcohol is: “DON’T TOUCH IT”. We know this doesn’t work by both looking at our current society and by looking back at prohibition. When we do…More

It seems like the world is worse than it ever has been. In reality, things have never been better. We just have access to everything. We see the deaths in Africa. We see the fighting in the middle east. We see the regime in North Korea. For proof: http://www.slate.com/…/the_world_is_not_falling_apart_the_t… In addition, injustices that have been…More

Its because I don’t know how to do the task. I’ve struggled with this over the years. I’m realized the key is to identify you’re avoiding the task. Realizing, in the moment, that you are procrastinating because you are unsure of what to do. Once you do that the solutions are simple. Do the following:…More