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I have realized that work can provide purpose which is essential to happiness in life. I read a fair bit of Reddit and the people who always complain of being the most depressed are those who are unemployed. I have noticed in myself that when I am on vacation or on weekends are the times I am most susceptible to depression.… read more “Work & Happiness”

Laurel and I saw “Get Out” yesterday. I won’t give away any spoilers but I highly recommend you see it!

From 2006 to 2009, I worked primarily in the SEO and Reputation Management division of Visible Technologies. Another big division of the company did Social Media Analytics. Basically, we were forerunners to the companies talked about in this article – the ones that provided Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, and others the data and capabilities to swing voters opinions with well placed lies, fake news, and exaggerations that play on their fears.… read more “Fake News & Lies”

Diseases like cancer, heart disease, and dementia are really just symptoms of aging. They almost entirely afflict our elders. Instead of trying to fix one disease when ten other diseases are right behind it to kill one of our elderly, I’d like to face the problem of aging itself head on.

Our society loses a huge amount of wisdom and talent to the ravages of aging – just as has happened for all of human history.… read more “Solving Aging”

 

There are a few business models that are ubiquitous and rip people off quite frequently. Whenever I detect one of these, my suspicions rise:

• Multi level marketing (MLMs) – Herbalife and hundreds of others
• Affiliate marketing
• Advice businesses… “Here’s how to make a quick buck”

Carolyn and I climbed the following (me leading):

• Mass Production – 5.9 / 5.10a
• Worker Bee – 5.10a
• Industrial Bliss – 5.10a
• Some Assembly Required 5.10c (struggled here on lead – would like to try undercling part again)

Imagine walking into a vast room, set up sort of like the Imperial Senate in Star Wars:

The room stretches away further than the eye can see. There are millions of seats surrounding the central podium in every direction, each occupied by someone staring down at the current speaker.

This is my philosophy. Every human being changes a little bit every day, sometimes we change a lot.… read more “A Million Joels”

“There is a ripeness of time for death, regarding others as well as ourselves, when it is reasonable we should drop off, and make room for another growth. When we have lived our generation out, we should not wish to encroach on another.”

There is a very popular idea being pushed in America right now that success is really just being lucky. The idea claims that LeBron James was just lucky he has his genes… Not that he trained hard every day for a lifetime. The idea also claims a successful entrepreneur just got lucky to have perfect circumstances to lead to where they are.… read more “Luck”