Latest Posts
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A Repository of Cool Stuff For People Who Are Somewhat Like Us
Trying to appeal to everyone at once is the death knell for writing, art, business, even dating. And it goes both ways: if you put bland, generic things into the world, that's what you get back.
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Roam Research for Getting Things Done (GTD)
This is a GTD guide I wrote for the Roam Research team. There are dozens of possible implementations, each tailored to a different set of tools and preferences. This one is mine.
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Kindly Stop Saying The Efficient Market Hypothesis is Dead
There are whispers that the efficient-market hypothesis is dead, or dying, or at least has a very nasty cough. But rumours of its death have been greatly exaggerated.
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The Self-Experimentation Guide
A self-experiment that doesn't generate obvious results, like taking tiny, sub-threshold doses of LSD, crosses the line into fiddling on the margin.
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Minimalist Fitness: The Lost Art of Calisthenics
Only psychopaths do 1000 crunches before breakfast. Real calisthenics is fast, frugal, and effective strength training.
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How to Profit From Coronavirus
A black swan event unleashes destruction, but also opportunity. What would it take to not only weather this situation, but profit from it?
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Inevitable Coronavirus Post
If it costs nothing at all to mitigate a small chance of a big risk, then do it! Ignore anyone who makes fun of you for being 'paranoid', and don't wait for permission.
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The Embarrassing Problem of Premature Exploitation
Video games give you a clear pathway for leveling up into a muscle-bound hero, and impressing scantily-clad elven princesses with your Very Big Sword.
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Life of Paisa: The Cost of Living in Medellín, Colombia
When you measure cost of living against quality of life, Medellín is a bargain. Here's my report on spending six months in the city.
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Time Travel for Pleasure and Profit
Our meatsack bodies slavishly plod along at the precise rate of one second per second.
