News and Self-Help Stash

The college nerd in me loves presentations and slides

How Micronutrients & Exercise Ameliorate Aging | Dr. Rhonda Patrick This episode comes from my keynote lecture at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine LongevityFest 2023, in which I describe several powerful health hab...

Dump time!
Learn Korean in 15minutes
https://www.ryanestrada.com/learntoreadkoreanin15minutes/

The laziness tax: Why your money is not accruing high interest
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/22/saving-accounts-high-interest-rates-apple

Royal Academy of Engineering - ventilation matters!
https://explainers.raeng.org.uk/ventilation-matters

Productivity - Sam Altman
https://blog.samaltman.com/productivity

How to Create Luck
https://www.swyx.io/create-luck/

Saving 10 Hours a Month - by Deb Liu - Perspectives
https://debliu.substack.com/p/saving-10-hours-a-month-20f

How to cook: 10 cooking skills everyone should have mastered by 30 - The Manual
https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/how-to-cook-for-beginners/

The Many Worlds of Enough
https://moretothat.com/the-many-worlds-of-enough/

Labeling Yourself is Keeping You Down, Do This Instead
https://www.nirandfar.com/labeling-yourself/

The Nothingness of Money
https://moretothat.com/the-nothingness-of-money/

The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job
https://moretothat.com/pointless-job/

Travel Is No Cure for the Mind
https://moretothat.com/travel-is-no-cure-for-the-mind/

What to Eat After Your Workout. Because what we consume after a hard… | by Grigoris Sakellion | Medium
https://medium.com//what-to-eat-after-your-workout-30f87fb32632

Building Habits Strategies To Try (After Failing To Build Habits In The Past) - Durmonski.com
https://durmonski.com/self-improvement/building-habits

Firefox's tree-style tab Sidebery add-on is mainly the reason I switched over for my primary browser. Even better than Vivaldi. So check it out, even as a test browser!

And also of course moved over for the open-source ecosystem and respect for privacy. Thankfully found alternatives to all my dozens of add-ons, too, including the Linkclump add-on that helps dozens of tabs at a time from a single page (highly recommend it when viewing some of my posts).

In 2024, please switch to Firefox This December, if there's one tech New Year's resolution I'd encourage you to have, it's switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox's market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switchin

The darkest hour at least means it can only get better from here!
Happy Winter Solstice!

Stash of self-help and ideas incoming!

Be less scared of overconfidence | benkuhn.net
https://www.benkuhn.net/overconfidence/

An end to doomerism - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/progress/pessimism-is-a-barrier-to-progress/

How to Market Yourself
https://www.swyx.io/marketing-yourself

7 Reasons Men Should Start Taking Cold Showers Everyday
https://www.fitwirr.com/health/benefits-of-cold-showers-for-men/

Best Inventions 2022 | Time
https://time.com/best-inventions-2022/

Remember to Live
https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a41925413/stoicism-mental-health/

How to apply the rules of improv to everyday life : Life Kit : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/1129907651/improv-can-build-confidence-heres-how-to-apply-it-to-your-everyday-life

HistoryMaps | Learn History Visually with Maps and Timelines
https://history-maps.com/

How To Do Constructive Conversations?
https://www.rohanbhardwaj.com/constructive-conversations/

Socrates on the Forgetfulness that Comes with Writing - New Learning Online
https://newlearningonline.com/literacies/chapter-1/socrates-on-the-forgetfulness-that-comes-with-writing

The Map of the Universe
https://mapoftheuniverse.net/

Interesting posts I've been hogging from the past month! And some memes.

Visualizing Sound – Earbirding
http://earbirding.com/blog/specs/visualizing-sound

25 ways to raise your vibrations this winter and why it’s important
https://www.georginapeard.com/blog/25-ways-to-raise-your-vibrations-this-winter-and-why-it-s-important

Lifestyle: 33 Ways To Actually Sleep Well At Night | The Journal | MR PORTER
https://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/journal/lifestyle/how-to-sleep-well-night-wellbeing-33-ways-17440532

How to Reset Your Vagus Nerve. 11 scientifically proven methods that… | by Andy Murphy | ILLUMINATION | Nov, 2022 | Medium
https://medium.com/illumination/how-to-reset-your-vagus-nerve-78cbda9b5735

10 Essentials of Aging Well - Frank Lipman MD
https://drfranklipman.com/2022/11/04/10-essentials-of-aging-well/

The (Updated) 10 Rules of Strength Training at the Gym | Muscle & Fitness
https://www.muscleandfitness.com/workouts/workout-tips/the-updated-10-rules-of-strength-training-at-the-gym/

(7) George Mack on Twitter: "18 semi-controversial thoughts on the future: 1. The World Is Flat - The winners of remote work will be skillful people in the developing world. The losers of remote work will be unskilled people in the developed world." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/george__mack/status/1586012161242824704

27 Life-Changing Micro Habits That Require Only A Few Minutes
https://www.fatherly.com/life/micro-habits-that-can-improve-your-life

Free English ebooks – Buddhist Text Translation Society
https://www.buddhisttexts.org/collections/free-english-ebooks

Naturally Produce More Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphin and Oxytocin for a Happier Brain - CNET
https://www.cnet.com/health/mental/naturally-produce-more-dopamine-serotonin-endorphin-and-oxytocin-for-a-happier-brain/

"Do you really want to spend all your time protecting, maintaining, and keeping track of way too many possibilities? Or would you prefer to spend your time and effort bringing a select number of those possibilities to life?"

(1) Vala Afshar on Twitter: "22 inventions that are saving the Earth https://t.co/OrIRtZXsvx" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1096556250240876544

Monday Musings (28 Pieces of Life Advice)
https://ckarchive.com/b/lmuehmh046xwn

The Never-Ending Now - David Perell
https://perell.com/essay/never-ending-now/

11 Life Cheat Codes I’ve Proudly Stolen From People Smarter Than Me | by Darshak Rana | Awesome Humans | Sep, 2022 | Medium
https://medium.com/awesomehumans/11-things-ive-proudly-stolen-from-people-smarter-than-me-d088b9d39a65

11 Life Cheat Codes I’ve Proudly Stolen From People Smarter Than Me You can steal them too to get an unfair advantage in life

Don't read it all at once! I had some of these goodies saved for 3 weeks now.

3 ½ ‘Stupid Simple’ Ways to Get Stronger, Faster | by Aleks Salkin | In Fitness And In Health | Aug, 2022 | Medium
https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/3-%C2%BD-stupid-simple-ways-to-get-stronger-faster-ab0957e5f5ac

Summary of "Too Perfect" (by David Mays) - OCPD Support Group
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ocpd/summary-of-too-perfect-by-david-mays-t604.html

Want to sound and feel more confident? Ditch these 11 phrases from your vocabulary, say psychologists
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/18/want-to-sound-and-feel-more-confident-ditch-these-11-phrases-from-your-vocabulary-say-psychologists.html

Inside Bruce Lee’s Daily Cardio Routine (And How to Upgrade Yours) | by Kelan Ern | Sep, 2022 | Medium
https://medium.com//inside-bruce-lees-daily-cardio-routine-and-how-to-upgrade-yours-f34bab0e2e80

What are soft skills and how are they applied?
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/soft-skills-how-are-they-applied

Tweet / Twitter
https://twitter.com/DiscoverySports/status/892308939848597505

“Generosity can be contagious." Random acts of kindness could help your well-being more than you think | Fortune
https://fortune.com/well/2022/08/30/acts-of-kindness-have-a-bigger-impact-on-well-being-than-you-think-according-to-new-research/

If You Want To Live Longer, This Study Suggests You Exercise A Lot More Than Previously Recommended
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/07/25/if-you-want-to-live-longer-this-study-suggests-you-exercise-a-lot-more-than-previously-recommended/?sh=53beda9c39df

Simplify Your To-Do List ✅ - by Jeremy Caplan
https://wondertools.substack.com/p/tasks

How to Live to 100: A Definitive Guide to Longevity Fitness - InsideHook
https://www.insidehook.com/article/health-and-fitness/live-100-definitive-guide-longevity-fitness

25 HARD things you can do to gain ‘unfair’ leverage in life | by Alex Mathers | Aug, 2022 | Medium
https://iamalexmathers.medium.com/25-hard-things-you-can-do-to-gain-unfair-leverage-in-life-73e7d9577f40

Why most of us won't achieve Financial Independence early - The Woke Salaryman:
https://thewokesalaryman.com/2022/06/01/why-most-of-us-wont-achieve-financial-independence-early/

6 Things That Mentally Strong People do Everyday | by Romina Aswani | Curious | Aug, 2022 | Medium
https://medium.com/curious/6-things-that-mentally-strong-people-do-everyday-3d0ddf8d2943

41 Rules for a Good Life From Influential Philosophers
https://hive.com/blog/rules-for-a-good-life-from-influential-philosophers/

NCLA Suit Uncovers Army of Federal Bureaucrats Coercing Social-Media Companies to Censor Speech - New Civil Liberties Alliance
https://nclalegal.org/2022/09/ncla-suit-uncovers-army-of-federal-bureaucrats-coercing-social-media-companies-to-censor-speech/

Coffee drinking is associated with increased longevity
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-coffee-longevity.html

How To Become A Better Man By Mastering The Three Phases Of Self-Improvement | Primer
https://www.primermagazine.com/2022/live/three-phases-of-self-improvement

Advaita Vedanta - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta

Barbell Hip Thrust Benefits: Why It's The Best Glutes Exercise | Men's Fitness UK
https://mensfitness.co.uk/fitness/barbell-hip-thrust-benefits/

The secret history of 7 common words - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/secret-history-7-common-words/

The 7 Deadly Sins of Giving a Speech
https://lifehacker.com/the-7-deadly-sins-of-giving-a-speech-1849576442

27 Life-Changing Micro Habits That Require Only A Few Minutes
https://www.fatherly.com/life/micro-habits-that-can-improve-your-life

How Learning Works: Components, Systems, and Loops
https://sharedphysics.com/how-learning-works-components-systems-and-loops/

The 3 Fitness Fundamentals All Beginners Should Take to Heart | by Rob Rando | In Fitness And In Health | Aug, 2022 | Medium
https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/the-3-fitness-fundamentals-all-beginners-should-take-to-heart-bde70619506

This X Does Not Exist
https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/

9/11 was an inside job. Dwell on the rammifications of that truth... all the way down to war on terror at home that is talked about at the end:
https://odysee.com/:0/False-Flags-Part-3:1

Also, religion is not to always blame for wars as z1onist medias would like to simplistically suggest (including the latest R&M episode) in light of all the CIA operations.

Huge dump of interesting self-help related things I've read/watched from the past couple weeks to come!

False Flags: The Secret History of Al Qaeda — Part 3: The War of Terror TRANSCRIPT AND DOWNLOADS: https://www.corbettreport.com/alqaeda/ But, when viewed in its proper context, the war on terror was no failure. In fact, waged on fictitious grounds against a shadow enemy,...

Reframe busyness and delegate/delete/defer/do now lists... And also scheduling in some real do-nothing time.
https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/how-to-escape-the-busy-trap

Most of federal spending goes to lining their own pockets (from our own pockets):
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/comparing-us-federal-spending-revenue

Good Huberman video for those who haven't stopped drinking yet: (Coke also shown to reduce IQ in rats...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS1pkKpILY

Some essential meditation motivation:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/comments/wv472u/meditation_is_the_process_of_de_stimulating_your/

Good summary of some key longevity research by David Sinclair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRdTfh1_88I

Interesting study on eggs... could this be a reason to eat less eggs? Or just add more calcium, magnesium, iron in diet!
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17995699/

Interesting genetic terms that I've been looking for to describe some long-term phenomena:
Parasite Stress, Mortality Salience, and Spiteful Mutants

"Parasite Stress - The activation of a suite of psychological mechanisms that detect and avoid infectious parasites.

Mortality Salience - The awareness by individuals that their death is inevitable, i.e. "Every man has to face the internal clash between his instinct to avoid death at all costs, and the knowledge his own death is inevitable.".

Spiteful Mutants - A population described by high mutational load from post-industrial lack of selection on the population due to radical reduction in pre-reproductive death rate. People that would not have survived to breed proliferating in modern times. Mutated of body and mutated of mind their sour chord of a genome creates sour spiteful minds as the genetic noise compounding each generation manifests as deleterious maladaptive traits harmful to the broader health of the collective (see the work of Professor Edward Dutton)."

Sick intro music... and the rest:
https://odysee.com/:b/Trojan-Horses-VIDEO:d

Some forebodings about the "hyper-real":
https://odysee.com/:0/qfc-massmedia:5

Kwik with the life motivation (brain diet, ANTs, exercise, peers, cleanliness, sleep, learn more, reduce stress)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0N538e-ng

Something worthwhile to read about freedom and Voluntaryism:
https://odysee.com/:b/The-Voluntaryist-Handbook:f

Cue people that got c0vid after getting 4 jabs:
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSG0NYuKMG/

Easy quick lessons... "caveat emptor" as indicated:
https://radreads.co/43-life-lessons-at-age-43/

Curses of us digital peoples:
https://blog.ploeh.dk/2020/09/14/we-need-young-programmers-we-need-old-programmers/
https://www.artofmanliness.com/health-fitness/health/future-proof-your-body-by-practicing-good-posture

Why I moved to a smaller city:
"Cities are IQ shredders. They attract the best and the brightestest with the promise of money and then cram them into small studio apartments and jack up their cost of living so they don't reproduce."

"Deconstruction creates knowledge. Recombination creates value."
--james Clear

gotta get another fridge and stock up
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/let-them-eat-bugs

eggs are expensive!
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/price-eggs-47-food-costs-us-spiral-out-control

but even gotta be careful growing em ourselves... maybe I should confine my hens
https://theconversation.com/backyard-hens-eggs-contain-40-times-more-lead-on-average-than-shop-eggs-research-finds-187442

crypto moving forward
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-arranges-first-import-using-cryptocurrency

R&M S6 trailer!
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/11/23301497/rick-and-morty-season-six-trailer-adult-swim

some life advice
https://aliabdaal.com/best-life-advice/

Trump gets raided by FBI goons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFUVMw_XbmA

Good tips on anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7YyoeSaRnQ

Clear mind more: FCAB / FPSS: https://medium.com/illumination/3-tiny-practical-habits-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-more-done-9c2c8026786

Try to have actual do-nothing time: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/08/benefits-of-doing-nothing/671035

Eating the Bugs:
"Parasites were detected in 244 (81.33%) out of 300 (100%) examined insect farms. In 206 (68.67%) of the cases, the identified parasites were pathogenic for insects only; in 106 (35.33%) cases, parasites were potentially parasitic for animals; and in 91 (30.33%) cases, parasites were potentially pathogenic for humans. Edible insects are an underestimated reservoir of human and animal parasites."

Random memes and images found today! Enjoy! While Taiwan is circled by China escalations and AJ calls out the pedo-elite.

China shoots a missile over Taiwan, shy of Japan... and after like 20 years of me reading the comic book, The Sandman premieres on netflix. Definitely gonna binge this weekend.
Good productivity tips:
https://www.calendar.com/blog/21-minute-habits-that-can-boost-your-productivity-by-100
Making focus sessions fun:
https://zenhabits.net/powerfully-effective/