3-factor authenticator for decisions: 1). Luck razor - What do I think will produce the most luck in the future 2). Story razor - What do I think wil… - George Mack

The strangest paradox I've seen in highly creative people is how uncreative their creative process is. Simply saying: "I will sit down and come up with twenty bad ideas every day this year" often beats any fancy note-taking system or binging LSD waiting for ideas to happen.

One of the most ironic lessons in life: The pareto principle is the pareto principle for principles. When you find yourself exploring other principles, first assume you haven't taken the pareto principle seriously enough. It's true even when you factor in this rule.

Good rule of thumb for creating content: Don't optimise for views. Optimise for memory. 100 people remembering your work 1 year later > 1 million views today that are forgotten tomorrow. You don't want an audience that has dementia.