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A1. Introspective
The Need To Put Down Amazing People When Complementing Them
The Tendency To Find A Scapegoat For Our Problems
There Is No Virtue In Enduring Things We Don'T Feel
We Do Not Control Ourselves When Busy
True Philosophy Is To Be Practiced When It'S Less Convenient
Use Whatever Befalls Us In A Wise Manner
Reducing The Downsides Of Pleasures
The Importance Of Feeling Lost
Do Not Allow Pain To Dominate Your Character
Pride Blunts Our Ability To Grow
Procrastination Must Be Embraced
Protecting Your Character From Crisis
Reading Books And The Density Problem
Reality Stressors Are More Important Than Reading Stressors
Stop Complaining About What You Perceive As Lacking In The World
Take Actual Action To Arbitrage A Situation
The Brain Is Most Creative When You Don'T Tell It What To Do
The Deception Of The Insincere Question
Avoid Developing A Pseudo Passion In Your Area
Becoming Truly Free
Being Misguided By Our Own Narratives
Causes Trump Statistics
Do Not Label Externalities As Good Or Bad
Do Not Let The Transgression Of Another Infect Your Character
Environment Affects Your Disposition To Activities
Keep Your Projects Out Of The Conversation
Labeling Idiots And Geniuses
Let Go Of Your Legacy To Create A New One
Obstacles As Opportunities
Our Character Augments Itself When Successful
Overestimating The Obstacles Of The Present
Rewarding Good Actions
Sharpness Leaves But Learning Stays
We Understand Humility As A False Idea
Weakness Is Seen In Our Unsettlement By Something External
Creating Conclusions From First Impressions
Dealing With Pains
Discipline Advice Suffers Density Problems
Hating An Individual Makes You Loose Perspective
Hating Something Is Avoiding To Arbitrage
In Order To Be Great, You Need To Play Like The Greats
Action Is Needed To Evaluate The Procrastination Filter
Advance Through Actions And Don'T Look To Prove Yourself
Everything Starts From 1% Improvements
Good, Bad, Wrong, Right Are Second Order Labels
Handling Death And Avoiding Lament
Insults Hurt Because They Have A Degree Of Truth
Intolerance Towards Inconsistencies
Is This Alive Time Or Dead Time
Master Your Disposition Rather Than Your Surroundings
Mental Clarity, Courage, And The Influence Of Our Ills
Mistakes Get Worse Once You Try To Correct Them
No Injury Lasts As Long As The Self Inflicted
Remember To See Through Verbose Language
We Live Under Delusions Of Control
We Take The Path Of Least Resistance
Evaluate Yourself Against Your Past
Injury Is Bearable Through Excellence Of Character
Living In The Present Implies Courage
We Feel Pleasure From Anger
A2. Social
Control The Complaints Of Others
Open Through Lack Of Completeness
A Counter For Selective Manipulation
An Authentic Smile Causes A Nice Mood
Associating Your Image To The Glamorous Past
Carefully Tailor Honesty
Conceal Your Intentions
Friends Are Corrupted By Undeserved Power
Mastering The Bold Move
Open Yourself In Order For Effective Seduction
Play Into Another'S Feeling Of Superiority
Poetization Of Your Presence
Stir Up The Transgressions And Taboo
Surround With The Sensational And Scandalous
Take The Credit From People That Came Before You
The Pursuer Is Pursued
The Rarer Or Harder To Get The More Desired
The Seductiveness Of The Highs And Lows
Avoid Being The Victim Of The Insecurity Of A Master
Avoid The Unhappy And Unlucky
Breaking Seduction By Having No Sense Of Time
Discussions Can Never Be Won
Do Not Provoke Others With Your Wording
Friendships That End Have A Sucker In Them
"I Think" Detracts Value From Your Word
Isolating The Victim
Outshine The Failing Master
People Don'T Learn From What They Hear, But What They Experience
People Judging Others To Be Arrogant Or Intelligent
Power In Words
Protect Your Reputation Against Rumors
Repulsion Of The Moralizer
Revulsion Of Acting Like A Brute
Seducing By Becoming An Ideal Lover
Seduction By The Charismatic
Send Mixed Signals
Suspense And Drama Buildup
Always Say Less Than Necessary
Associate With Things Considered High-Value By The Other
Bore Of An Inability Of Self-Sacrifice
Develop A Genuine Interest For Real Friends
Immediately Admit When You Are Wrong
Make Masters Feel Superior To You
Mixing Pleasure With Pain
Seduction Depends On Suggestion
Selective Honesty Distracts People
Start Conversation With Agreements
Thread Carefully If You Are Known To Be Deceitful
Your Reputation Is Harmed Most By What You Say To Defend It
Avoid Trying To Convince Charlatans
Bait Others To Come To You
Convincing Involves Communicating Their Interests
Covering Lies With Constant Speech
Gaining The Upper Hand On Liars
Give People Something To Tunnel Vision On
Giving Criticism Is Useless
Guard Your Reputations As Your Life Depends On It
Keeping Up The Excitement Of Others
Loyalty And Following Being Asymetric
Make Cinema Out Of Your Idea Or Exposition
Show And Prove Yourself
Show The Little Things
The Appeal Of Danger And Rakey Behavior
The Appeal Of Realizing Others' Fantasies
The Art Of Insinuation
The Problem With Unabashed Honesty
True Generosity Is Not An Investment Strategy
Turn Enemies Into The Best Of Friends
Use Existing Enemies To Your Benefit
Using Spiritual Lures
Valuing A Person Through Impressions
When Abscence Is More Than Presence
Win Through Actions, Never Through Argument
Gain Control By Making Others Feel Strong
Keep An Air Of Mystery In Action
Keep People Dependent On You
Seduction By The Charmer
Seduction By The Coquette
Seduction By The Dandy
Taking Credit Is Often More Important Than The Invention Itself
The Antithesis Between Charm And Nerdiness
Throw Enemies Off With Patterns
Use Mirrors To Make People Feel Comfortable In Their Acting
A3. Knowledge
Conventional Learning Is Often Wrong
Distinguishing Between The Wrong And The Mistake
Everything Is Straightforward Until You Face Risk
The Asymmetric Risks And Outputs Of Professions
The Dangers Of The Failure Of Perspective
Verbal Threats Lack Skin In The Game To Be Significant
We Often Try To Override Our Natural Inclinations Without Trying To Work With Them
What Is Irrational Under Uncertainty
Avoid Overrating Your Experiences
Being Rational About Rationality
Differences Between Our Ideal And Reality On Human Behavior
Do Not Treat Your Inferior Like You Wouldn'T Like Your Superior To Treat You
Do Not Trust The Advice From Advice-Givers.
Follow The Contrary Of A Role Model
Let There Be A Difference Between You And The Books
Real Books Cannot Be Summarized
Scientific Ideas And The Lindy Effect
The Inability To Learn From What You Know
The Predictive Problem Of Newspapers
The Problem With Copying The Habits Of Geniuses
The Problems With Soulless Writing
The Rereading Illusion
The Scope Of Knowing Knowledge
There Is Natural Admiration To True Virtue
Vandalism Of Ideas, Prostitution Of The Intellect
Winning Arguments And Winning
Aphorisms Force You To Change Reading Habits
Detecting Fraudulent Behavior
Learning From The Economy Or From Economic Theory
Rationality Is Independent Of Narrative Explanations
Recognizing Faults In Thinking
Retrieval And Spaced Repetition
The 4Th Type Of Luck
The Perils Of Modern Philosophy
4 Types Of Luck
Academics Take Refuge In Writing
Addiction Has Skin In The Game
Admiration Should Go Towards Things That Never Change
Glamor Often Deceives Us About The Thinking Of Others
Hidden Craziness Of Peer Reviews
Ideas That Survive Promote Survival
Implying Arrogance When Showing Humility
Intervals In Spaced Repetition
On The Difference Between The Fool, Nerd, And Wise
Private Life That Conflicts With Intellectual Opinion
The Misunderstanding Of Learning And Training
More Information Leads To More Delusions
Most Of What We Understand Are Approximations To The Truth
A4. Management
Businesses Live But Brands Prosper
Evaluating Risk Takers Using Lindy
A Need For Risk With Trial And Error
Administrators And Managers Kill A System'S Skin In The Game
Dependability Has Skin In The Game For Employees
External Constraints That Plague The Trial And Error Process In Business
Having Financial Plans With Margins Of Error Is Essential
History Cannot Be Used To Predict The Future In Finances
Inheritance With Lack Of Education Collapses
On Rejecting Old Business Principles
Optionality In The Trial And Error Process
Progress Cannot Be Evaluated Through Comfort Or Safety
Actually Learn From Iterating Your Product
Bad Foundations Condemn A Company To Fail
Decisions In Finances Are Not Free
Families Participate In Self Dramatization
Finding The Early Adopters Of Your Product
Going From 0 To 1 In A Startup
Having A Single Extreme Success Is The Only Thing That Matters
Models And The Expectation Of Customer Behavior
Money Gives You Freedom
People That Play Different Games In Finance Deceive You
Avoid Competition At All Costs
Avoid The Extremes On Financial Plans
Businesses That Can Be Replicated Quickly Are Bad
Ensuring Unity Using The Rhodian Law
Fast Businesses Cannot Be Limited In Their Potential Growth
Let Others Win Trivial Matters
Accumulation Of Hidden Risk From Business Contractors
The Client Is The Risk Taker For A Product
The Power Of Compounded Interest In Finances
The Repelling Force From Our Call To Action
We Create Narratives Over Things We DonβT Understand To Deceive Ourselves
We Overestimate What People Think Of Our Material Belongings
We Should Think Reasonably Rather Than Rationally On Finances
Routines Accumulate Hidden Risks
Save 10% Of What You Earn
Save Money, Even If Its Not Necessary
Saving Is More Important Than Earning Money
Startups Are Not Lottery Tickets
Stressors Make Us Rationalize Out Of Doing The Right Thing
Striving To Be A Monopoly
The Lack Of Skin In The Game In Managers
The Opportunity Of Crises
Transfer Of Risk In A Profession Due To Bad Accountability
Trial And Error Testing Can Occur Outside The Product Itself
We Are Too Pessimistic About Finances
We Cannot Draw Certain Conclusions From The Experience Of Successful People
We Constantly Change Our Financial Objectives
Reach Will Determine The Fate Of A Business
The Uncertainty Of The Customer In Startups
We Need To Set Limits To Our Monetary Ambitions
A5. Systems
Natural And Effective Systems Are Guided By Survival Stressors
Opportunity Behind So Called "Risk"
Complexity Of The Collective And The Individual
Hidden Risks In Specialization
Influence Of State Scale In Inequality
Markets Are More Complex Than The Individuals That Compose It
Misplaced Skin In The Game Of Civil Servants
Old Religions Reinforce Rational Action
Bureaucracy Breeds Hidden Risk
Managing Risks With Bureaucracy
The Cost Of Specialization
The Emergent Intolerant Minority
The Existence Of Static Inequality
Intolerant Minorities Add On Complexity
People That Build Systems Require Skin In The Game
Books; References
Archived K. M. M.
Atomic Habits
Direct Truth
Ego Is The Enemy
How To Think Like A Roman Emperor
How To Win Friends & Influence People
K. M. M.
Kapil Gupta
Letters From A Stoic
Make It Stick
Meditations
Nassim Taleb
Naval Ravikant
Psychology Of Money
Skin In The Game
The 48 Laws Of Power
The Art Of Seduction
The Bed Of Procrustes
The Great Estate Developer
The Lean Startup
The Millionaire Fastlane
The Obstacle Is The Way
The Prince
The Richest Man In Babylon
The War Of Art
Thinking, Fast And Slow
Zero To One
Categories
Evaluation
Books
Business
Seductive Process
Self Interest
Spectacle
Startups
Stirring Interest And Desire (S-I)
Stoicism
Stressors
Success
Taboo
Thinking
Top Down
Value
Variability
Via Negativa
Victim
War
Win
Wisdom
Work
Writing
Advice
Asymmetry
Audal Project
Belief
Bias
Black Swans
Bold
Create Pleasure And Confusion (S-Ii)
Creativity
Deceit
Deepening Through Extremes (S-Iii)
Density Problem
Discipline
Downside
Drama
Education
Ego
Experience
Exposure
Externalities
Failure
Financial Freedom
Flag*
Flexibility
Inconsistencies
Influence
Injury
Insecurity
Judgement
Knowledge
Labels
Laziness
Lindy
Luck
Management
Manipulation
Mastery
Mistake
Money
Moral
Moving In For The Kill (S-Iv)
Narratives
Nature
Obstacles
Opportunity
Optionality
Overestimate
Pain
Personal Finance
Perspective
Persuasion
Pleasure
Power
Predicting
Pretense Of Knowledge
Problem
Procrastination
Products
Profit
Progress
Proving
Rationality
Reading
Reality
Recall
Repression
Resistance
Risk
Routine
Seduction
Academia
Action
Anti-manipulation
Anti-seduction
Appreciation
Arbitrage
Argument
Arrogance
Characters Of Seduction
Communication
Complacency
Complaint
Complexity
Conclusions
Control
Conversation
Courage
Dependence
Friends
Genius
Glamor
Happiness
Hate
Humility
Ideas
Illusion
Image
πStory
S β Wesson And The Art Of Making A Client Work For Their Product
S β The Fox, The Wolf, And The Exposure To Stressors
S β The Husband And The Six Flaws And Flowers
S β Hoover's Plane And The Mechanic
S β Khazars And The Search For The Ideal Religion
S β Rockefeller Propelling His Employees Further
S β Roman Slaves Taking Care Of Finances
I β The Indomitable Human Spirit
S β Benjamin Franklin's Letters And The Absence Of Credit
S β Epictetus, Pain, And Excellence Of Character
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1. Introspective
2. Social
3. Knowledge
4. Management
5. Systems
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For Attraction By Abscence
For Seneca And His Preservation Of The State
For Complex Systems
For Creating The Git Open-Source For Knowledge
For How We Handle Praise To Other People
For Illusions In Knowledge
For Interests In The Density Problem
For Introspection And Hard Thoughts
For Problems Related To Perception Of Academics
For Problems Themselves
For Risk Takers Vs Non Risk Takers
For The Negatives Of Employees And University Students
For The Problem Of Newspapers And Reader Memory
For Thinking About Prescriptions
For Understanding Generational Change And Maturity
For Understanding The Problems That We Face When Understanding Religion And Authority
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Deepening Through Extremes (S-Iii)