Global traveler (on pause), raising three kids (2x teen and a kindergartener) in the Bay Area. Trek and Zwift keeps me sane and svelte. Poker keeps me sharp.
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The nine sources of competitive advantage.
A great Tiny Thought this week in the @farnamstreet newsletter.
fs.blog/brain-food/august-20…
An absolutely astonishing chart when you think of the consequences, and the fact this abundance of years of life has gone mostly unremarked.
THREAD: If you had to pick one chart to represent the last hundred years or so of the modern age, what would it be? I think it would have to be this one, tracking the changes in global life expectancy from 1900 to today.
Brilliant.
This German Covid ad, now subtitled in English, is absolutely superb 👏 xitter.gq/antoni_UK/status/13277…
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Exxon getting booted from the Dow made the headlines, but this is the real story.
It happened: the energy sector is officially the smallest component of the S&P500. On the way down this year it passed utilities, real estate, and finally materials. Current weighting 2.34%, down from 15.96% in June 2008.
cc @liamdenning
Makes sense to me: redirect all the billions earmarked for the border wall to instead go to where the crisis really is: #coronavirus response #COVID19
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In my fours years at SU, I’ve seen time and time again the transformative power of this program to shift mindsets. Come join us!
Our December Executive Program is still accepting applications! Be part of the 4,000+ leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs that have attended the program and left with a new mindset about the future! @singularityu #SUEP #Leadership
Application link: on.su.org/2Vp5oz3
Thanks @tferriss for the reminder:
“I will have to remember ‘I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators.’”
— From The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander #5bulletFriday
This is so so good. #GoSharks
Grab the aux cord. The 2019-20 San Jose Sharks schedule is now in playlist form.
🎶: atnhl.com/2X9cfRd
Thomas Kriese retweeted
#massmeditation @suNordic summit in Finlandia Hall with 1000 participants. Rebooting our brains to rethink the future together #sunordic
“Busy = bullshit” and “common sense isn’t so common anymore” are just a couple mind morsels shared in Penny’s great talk at @singularityu today. Thanks @weRBKindred!
"Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis" - Paul Flannery link.medium.com/6ayoemX7IV
ALT “…extreme fitness is less about being young again and more about building yourself up for the years ahead. In other words, getting better at getting older.” from “Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis” by Paul Flannery.
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#LegalHackers #Community builders at @codexstanford #FutureLaw2019 - @Dharmishta @dazzagreenwood @natalalleycat
You will never look at a Peloton ad the same way again (it burns!) fastcompany.com/90298096/you…
Why women are outperforming men at the extremes of endurance ft.com/content/0ead55ca-1d85… via @financialtimes
"Now is the only time that matters, so stop wasting it by ruminating on the past or planning the future." and 19 other brutal truths about life no one wants to admit @M_tthewJones inc.com/matthew-jones/20-bru… via @Inc
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Contemplating: “Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives to pursue even better ones.” - Ray Dalio
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“It is easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking, than it is to think yourself into a new way of acting.”— Millard Fuller h/t @tferriss #5BulletFriday
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