Dan Barrett

Everything is exhausting

Happiness is imaginary. So stop obsessing about it Imagine you already have it And move on

The “right side of history” is essentially defined by being empathetic to those who are suffering when you are not. Sooner or later It comes back around

Meaningful Tweet: Comedians are Jokesters But Politicians Are Clowns

Most important question to answer each week: “Did I do what I set out to do? If not, why not?” You either adjust your future expectations (and thus feel better on average) Or remove constraints (thus performing better on average).

Predicting the future is a sucker's game. An infinity of ways to be wrong Only one way to be right. Better to make it so that the future doesn't matter.

You’re always optimizing for something.

We are flattening the world And it’s making us miserable. We’d rather be anxious in a world we can manipulate than live with the uncertainty of the real.

If at all possible you should be friends with someone who embarrassed you with their productivity Tim is that person, for me

Opportunity cost is a slippery one. Easy to string yourself along on things that aren’t working simply because they might work…someday.

I’ve been tweeting about a lot of nerdy stuff. Stats, rationality, whatever. Make no mistake I want to fuck the world up.

The less validation you can get by with, the more powerful you become

Nobody believes what they tweet. Nobody

Typing out and then deleting hot takes un-tweeted

I like to call it BET-Coin because you are BETting that the price will go up send tweet

So, hey. I’m the first to admit - I don’t know a TON about NFTs. But I do know a bit about market bubbles. And while I am 100% for anything that gets artists paid...