An excellent list of "things you're allowed to do" that may not have occurred to you for one reason or another.
milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things…
@jnearestn To be fair, Balzac also was into the OG form of grindset known as selling his writing to convince someone to marry him and escape debt (britannica.com/biography/Hono…).
After years of floundering, I think I'm finally getting it: You get energy by spending it. The fuel tank metaphor is completely misleading. The body supplies energy to meet demand. The tank *expands* if you use a lot of fuel. In other words, biology is fundamentally antifragile
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Hat tip here to Arnold Kling meme on how all government policies wind up restricting supply and subsidizing demand.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Happens everywhere: baby formula, housing policy, education, healthcare, etc...
arnoldkling.substack.com/p/keeping-up-w…
Great advice, but be sure to do this with real people you know in the field, not celebrities you observe para-socially.
In 2001, I was interested in cooking as a fanboy of Bourdain and other celeb chefs. The reality of the older folks I found myself working with was different.
Asara Near 🏳️🌈 @nearcyan
always good guzey!