MNTS #21
[Week 40/ Year 2023] Levine, Reyburn, SSC, Chrichton, Epstein, FS, Culture Tutor, Justin Murphy
Mainly, Notes To Self - my weekly attempt to compress everything noteworthy I read, watched, listened to, and discovered during the past week.
Reading
Money Stuff: SBF Reckless From the Start by Matt Levine
The point of Kelly is not about utility curves; it’s not “having $200 is less than twice as pleasant as having $100, so you should be less willing to take big risks for big rewards.” The point of Kelly is about maximizing your chances of surviving and obtaining long-run returns: It’s “if you bet 50% of your bankroll on 1%-edge bets, you’ll be more likely to win each bet than lose it, but if you keep doing that you will probably lose all your money eventually.” Kelly is about sizing your bets so you can keep playing the game and make the most money possible in the long run. Betting more can make you more money in the short run, but if you keep doing it you will end in ruin.
The Billionaire Gentleman Scholar by Justin Murphy
Writers should build software to make themselves better writers and more prolific publishers.
Then use AI to build niche software you can sell to your particular niche audience.
30 Health and Fitness Skills to Master in your 30’s by Delaney Reyburn - oddly, I have no qualms.
Revisiting SSC Gives A Graduation Speech and Why Speculate via
“Communication Really Happens in the Carpool…” via
Where is the carpool these days, though? Not just the literal carpool, but the figurative one.
The Physics of Relationships: Going Positive and Going First by Farnam Street
Win the decade, not the moment.
Areopagus Volume LXIV - specifically, section II - Historical Figure Lucretius Atomic Poet
The mind staggers with doubt when we’re faced with the utter dearth
Of answers to our questions: did this world once have a birth?
Listening
Big mood this week.
Random
Exciting mail day. My copy of 4000 - The Complete Guide to the Space Invaders arrived direct from Paris
Until next week.
Stay spirited, stay resilient.
Andrew
"Where is the carpool these days, though? Not just the literal carpool, but the figurative one."
This article is very aligned with Black Swan and how to maximize positive Black Swans. One of Taleb's answers to Epstein's carpool question is: living in cities.
Good list from: 30 Health and Fitness Skills to Master. Are you doing more functional training nowadays?
I forgot I even knew who Invader even was! Brings me back to street art days, DIY sticker days and wheatpasting posters.