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We need more people on board for life extension in order to hit longevity escape velocity in our lifetimes. But most people have never heard of life extension, and even those who have often follow the same predictable arguments. “What if it doesn’t work?” “What if bad people live forever?” “What if humanity needs to …
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Our biology affects our thinking more than our thinking affects our biology. Grandpa Grandpa always liked to tell you about his glory days, as a schoolboy and when he was a young buck in the Navy. “I was so rowdy as a youngster. The dumb things us boys would feud about… mostly girls,” he says, …
This is from my series on Optimizing Communication. There’s a great scene in Born on the Fourth of July, Oliver Stone’s second film on Vietnam. (WARNING: SPOILERS) Tom Cruise’s character has been told that the Viet Cong are moving into the area. His commanding officer then asks him if he sees their rifles. The pressure …
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This is a link page to all my posts on optimizing communication. Granularity: How to Give Better Advice Do you See the Rifles? How to Better Ask and Answer Questions It’s dangerous to go alone. Have you subscribed yet? Thoughts, questions, or suggestions for how I can improve? Email me. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter for the goodies I …
This is from my series on Optimizing Communication. “Only hire rock stars!” We’re two weeks into our incubator burning through our meager seed funding and that’s the advice that’s supposed to help? The people who know me know that I’m obsessed with optimizing and improving. I consume a lot of information on this topic and …
There are many reported health benefits of cold showers like increased testosterone levels and better circulation. I haven’t done any in-depth research but it seems like the data those claims are based on are not very strong. I recommend reading SlateStarCodex posts to help curb some of the gullibility we all have when it comes to …
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Note: My Three Buckets post is important background for this and basically every other thing you do in life. I’d recommend reading it first if you haven’t already: https://www.johncgreer.com/the-three-buckets/ First off, is aging and death really such a bad thing? If you’re like most people, you probably think death isn’t such a bad thing, especially …
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You want to live the happiest life you possibly can. I do too. But how do we do that? Most things, like where we were born or who our parents are, aren’t under our control, but we can focus on the things that we can control, like making better decisions. That’s easier said than done, …
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If you were to ask me “What are you most proud of?” I would answer “My relationships.” Here are some of my favorite resources on the topic. I don’t endorse all the things here but this is a good assortment to get an idea of what’s out there. (These are mostly from the male-side of …