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  • Mutual Understanding – A New Podcast From Divia!

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    We have an announcement! Divia has started a podcast, along with Ben Goldhaber, called Mutual Understanding. In their own words: mutual: a person you follow and who follows you back on twitter This is a podcast dedicated to mutual understanding. Divia and Ben have a bunch of fascinating mutuals who they’d like to actually understand.…

  • How To Invest in Startups with No Experience (Don’t)

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    As I have continued to get older, and watched my age cohort becoming more successful, I occasionally encounter people who have made a lot of money in an unrelated field, and now want to become an investor. Naturally they ask me for my advice on investing like a venture capitalist. (A prominent subset of these…

  • How to Become a Venture Capitalist (Don’t)

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    One of the most frequent questions I get asked is “how do I break into venture capital?” The short answer is: you shouldn’t. The longer answer is: there’s no set path to do so.

  • Developing Object Permanence Around Flinches

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    Many years ago, I did an exercise where I made a list of thoughts that I flinched away from. Then, I made spaced repetition cards with the thoughts. The cards were statements like: “As of March 2009, I am currently uncomfortable with the idea that quitting my job might be the right move.” (Totally fake…

  • Musings on Parenting and Slack

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    Epistemic status: Post that has been sitting in my drafts folder that seemed worth publishing even though I wish the ideas were more precise. I’m pretty sure I’m saying true things here, and I imagine this is also a useful framework for people who think like me. Zvi wrote a post on slack that I…

  • Honesty and Blogging about Parenthood

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    The older my kids get, the trickier it feels to write about what’s going on in a way that’s useful and honest. On the one hand, I really do want to share my experiences, at least with those who would choose to read them. I think sharing stories is a great way to learn, and…

  • My Friend Bob: A Brief Note on Attributing Ideas

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    I do most of my thinking out loud with other people, and almost all my ideas come from other people. I tend to be scrupulous about attributing ideas (thoughts, examples, fun stories, etc.). When I’m blogging though, I tend to think that people would prefer to be asked before named on the internet, even when…

  • The Quickstart Guide to Fasting

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    It is no secret that I am a huge proponent of fasting, which has been well documented across most cultures throughout history. My belief in its benefits come from a convergence of anthropology, biochemistry, complex systems theory, medical case studies, (low quality) scientific studies, and personal experience. This post is meant to be a practical…

  • High trust high investment parenting

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    I like labeling myself as an “unschooler”, but often I’m interested in explaining what I’m going for with my parenting to people that don’t already have a detailed and nuanced model of what unschooling is! My best description of what unschooling means to me is  that I’m pursuing a high trust high investment strategy. I…

  • Instrumentally Caring Intrinsically

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    A way of thinking that I’ve been using for a few years now, but I don’t think I’ve ever written up, is the idea of instrumentally caring about things intrinsically.   Caring about something intrinsically is often very useful for coordinating with others. When you care about something for its own sake: It’s easy to…