Let’s do a little thought experiment.

The human brain runs on roughly 20 watts of power. The energy in 1,500–2,000 kilocalories of daily food intake is equivalent to several hundred watts averaged over a day — although only a fraction of that energy is used by the brain.

Jeff Bezos once asked Warren Buffett why people don’t simply copy his investment strategy. Buffett’s answer? “Because no one wants to get rich slow.”

One is a superstar actor from India.

The other is a writer and investor known for his observations on money and human behaviour.

It is not easy to impart wisdom gained from lived experience to the next generation.

Some things in life cannot be taught. You can explain them, warn about them, tell stories about them—but ultimately, you have to live through them yourself.

Over the weekend, I listened to Tim Ferriss discuss the impact of ChatGPT on his book sales.

The famous French philosopher Denis Diderot spent most of his life in poverty. That changed in 1765.

Herbert Simon, Nobel laureate and one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, captured this idea in 1970:

Humans are wired to belong. In ancient times, being cast out from the tribe often meant certain death.

In ancient times, education was holistic.

It was about how to live.

History does not repeat, but it rhymes.

To look forward, look back.

What is living?
Living is breathing.
You stop living when breathing stops.

A Father and son were traveling with a donkey.

At first, the father rode and the boy walked.
People criticized him.

What happens when absolute power meets complete freedom?

Alexander the Great was the most powerful man in the world. He had conquered nations, commanded armies, and bent history to his will.

I wrote this piece some time ago, but it has been sitting on my laptop. My hesitation in publishing it came from a simple place: I’m not an expert. I’m still learning, still forming my views, and I don’t yet have settled opinions.

I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can think, write, and create art, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.

There’s an old saying:
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

Joshua Foer, a science writer, was once commissioned by Slate magazine to cover the U.S. Memory Championship. A year later, he returned not as a journalist but as a competitor.

A journalist once asked Warren Buffett:
“You’re one of the richest people in the world, and the way you explain what you do sounds so simple. Why doesn’t everyone just copy you?”

1. Move when the sun is up.
Don’t sit when you can stand.
Don’t stand when you can walk.
Don’t walk when you can run.