This Week I Learned #62
2019-08-05
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shaw
2019-08-06
Book: Skin in the Game by N.Taleb: 1) "You may not know in your mind where you are going, but you know it by doing", 2) "Compendiaria ……….
2019-08-07
Book: Skin in the Game by N.Taleb: Ethics are more robust than law……..
2019-08-08
Book: Skin in the Game by N.Taleb: A kosher (or halal) eater will never eat non-kosher (or non-halal) food, but a non-kosher eater isn't banned from eating kosher. A …
2019-08-09
Peter Attia's podcast with Scott Harrison, Founder and CEO of Charity Water. A fascinating story of someone who went from being a global club promoter to dedicating much of this 30s and 40s to providing clean water to those that don't have it. It was a fascinating story of someone who lived the stereotypical drugged up party life (i.e. everything except heroine, 60 cigarettes in a day) to how "models……
2019-08-10
"Pushing a wheelbarrow is easy, thinking about it is the hard part." From the lectures of Buddhist monk, Ajahn Brahm…….
2019-08-11
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi