Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A simple heuristic to know when someone is an idiot
I’m big on signals. Usually you’ll apply some heuristic to determine someone’s legit, but it’s also a great way to know who is full of shit. A great one? When someone posts something like: “I’ve been thinking about releasing XXX guide. If I get 500+ comments and likes and share and RTs I’ll email you.”…
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The next hot buzzword…
I have a feeling “super connector” is gonna be the next buzzword in everyone’s bio…
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#cookielife – how I convinced 200+ people to send me cookies and raised over $400,000 for charity
The ad-hoc #cookielife, something that spawned out of friendly banter over on Facebook, resulted in over 200 people sending me cookies via the mail and also spawned my charity food offs, which raised over $50,000 for charity in 2017, then over $100,000 in 2018, and then finally, over $200,000 from the last ever Cookie Off.…
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Beep beep: Austin here we come.
My buddy UJ (co-creator of 5 Minute Journal) and I are landing in Austin end of this week. Who are some do-ing and ace humans we should meet?
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Allies are important.
We’re not perfect ourselves, yet we often expect our friends and allies to be perfect. We should embrace our imperfect allies instead of applying a purity test.
Got any book recommendations?