I used to think I was rational. Then I read Daniel Kahneman's Nobel Prize-winning work on human decision-making. He routinely asks 8 questions to expose cognitive traps you fall into daily. Test yourself with these questions (it's the ultimate BS detector for your brain):

Just realized my cats probably think I spend 10 hours a day in the garage

We've poured hundreds of hours & $10k+ into this one video to achieve two ambitious goals: 1. Explain why nervous system work really matters 2. Attempt to break the internet ;) Let's see what happens... 🚀 (please share if it resonates!)

Thread of last phone calls made by 9/11 victims to their loved ones 🧵 1. Jim Gartenberg, 86th floor

Ego is the enemy

Creators who host events: What app do you use to make it easy for people to add your events to their calendar?

Good Work is Live My Story of: -Prioritizing a connection with work -Losing my "edge" & a better source of motivation -Following the "long, slow, stupid, fun way" -Leaving money on the table & unplanned sabbaticals -Authoring new work scripts 📘👉 pmillerd.com/goodwork

"It's misleading to suppose that there's any basic difference between education and entertainment ... it's always been true that whatever pleases teaches more effectively." Marshall McLuhan ‘Classroom Without Walls' 1957

I just want to tweet out this C. S. Lewis quote every weekend

I’m looking for somebody to help recruit A+ guests onto my podcast, How I Write. The show is fast becoming the place where every great writer (from musicians, to filmmakers, to poets, to novelists) do their most in-depth interview about their writing process. We’re off to a

Tehran, Iran — Nov 4, 2014 “Down with USA,” proclaims the wall-scale mural looming in front of me. I recognize it from photos of the former U.S. Embassy I’ve seen in the news since I was a child growing up in the Midwest. A light dusting of snowflakes appears in the late-night

"Meditation is just so much more like looking for buried treasure than it is lifting weights. It's so much more about learning and discovery than it is like doing the biceps." - Stephen Zerfas to Daniel K is in Porto

Impossible

anyone have a connection to dwarkesh or his team? i know someone who has a plausible answer to this

*Ahem* Today’s an exciting day. I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my new company: Act Two. It’s a six-week online program to help you complete a creative project and launch your Second Act. Here’s why we’re building it: My co-founder Dan Sleeman and I spent the past five

Definitely true

🎧 (1/7) How to Fix a Broken Learning Culture with Andrew Barry (Andrew Barry 🦁): goskills.com/Resources/lear…

Muller declaring is the most South African thing ever. Matthew Hayden didn’t stop clobbering Zimbabwe all over the WACA when he first eclipsed Lara. Tall poppy syndrome. #SAvZIM

Hey Grok who is the most famous person to visit my handle?