Bab Aria

Why I talk about erections. Many of my friends privately tell me that they're not having much sex, fertility markers are alarmingly bad, nighttime erections are rare and when they do want sex, they can't perform as desired. Their conditions are typical of current culture: chronic sleep deprivation, high stress, and a poor diet. And they're fighting with low-grade to severe depression or anxiety. Whether they like it or not, they're locked into a never-ending race of status, power and wealth. It requires them to be on 24/7. No matter how hard they work, the constant social-media comparisons invites them to feel perpetually inadequate, unseen and insufficiently respected. These private conversations mirror population data: + global fertility dropped over 50% in 50 yrs + sperm counts down over 50% since 70s + 30% of 20s men had no sexual intimacy past year + 83 million Americans are chronically sleep deprived + 4-5 hrs phone time day, checking 58 times + ~43% of Americans are obese They know things are not well but they don't know what to do. This is why I talk about nighttime erections. They are as important a biomarker as blood pressure, cholesterol or blood glucose. If your body is not naturally generating 3-5 robust erections per night, your body is telling you something is not right. Tell someone to sleep more and eyes roll. Call their attention to the fact that their dick is broken and they tune in. Women, this applies to you as well: you, too, experience nighttime genital arousal and are subject to the same risks. Our current culture is a sick culture. We've sold our souls to a system that martyrs us in exchange for its progress. We mistakenly believe that we are its victors when we are in fact it's disposable tools. Culture is changing and soon this will all be very obvious. Health will become the priority. Existence will become the highest virtue. I'm not arguing that you shouldn't work hard or be ambitions. Quite the opposite. I'm arguing that you should be even more ambitious. That no generation of humans could ever be as ambitious as we can now. I'm arguing that its intelligent and wise to make health your number one life priority because without, you're an old school martyr and that's not cool. Do yourself a favor, see this before it's too late for you to be part of this era of being human.

Commitment means doing it even when you don’t „want“ to. Operating on „wanting“ is a recipe for personal failure. This means: Never commit quickly. „Hire“ commitments slowly. But then execute them until what you fulfilled your promise. Become the hero. Day 18 #NMMchallenge

the most extraordinary thing i've read past few months is that learned helplessness is actually not learned, being helpless after failure, is the natural, primitive response trying endlessly after continuous failure is something above nature and closer to God

Poland combined creativity, clarity and determination + working in silence to create an economic miracle not seen since the German Wirtschaftswunder — without large natural resources or other cheat codes. Just hard + smart work of a society that focused on a goal. Well done!

I just returned from 11 days of international travel, during which I was sleep deprived. It was shocking to experience how ferociously cravings for bad foods spiked. It took me back to my early entrepreneur days when it felt impossible to stop my bad eating habits. When you're sleep deprived, you become an animal and you can do little about it. For the first few days, the cravings were present yet manageable. By day 5, they were getting irritatingly strong and by day 9, they were overwhelming. The science of sleep deprivation and bad decision making is solid. After one night of inadequate sleep (4 to 5 hrs): + PFC drops by 10-20% (self-control) + a hyperactive 25-30% increase to eat addictive foods + devalue future rewards and high risk decisions Lose one night’s sleep and your brain’s CEO (PFC) takes a 12% pay cut while the candy-craving intern gets a 25% raise. In just a few days time of poor sleep, I became a different person. I chose to do this experiment as I wanted to experience the effects of sleep deprivation given that I've been sleeping very well for years now. Sleep deprivation makes you a little insane. Though this all, I couldn't stop thinking about how most (or all?) of our world leaders are chronically sleep deprived. Culture culture wants to demands it. It's honestly concerning.

@IterIntellectus Bro dropping more value in a single post than all bitcoin miners together 🙏

in 1989, researchers at washington university opened some lab mice and found that these healthy mice with perfect genetics, perfect food, perfect cages had organs that looked like they'd been through a famine. 1/

2+ hours of mindless scrolling shrinks your brain. pro tip to reverse this: for every 30 minutes you spend scrolling, spend 30 years completely off the grid in the woods without technology

Understanding the difference is essential. Be gentle and forgiving, even seek experimental failure. Be ruthless and rigours when facing operational failure. Build a life system that creates forcing conditions to consistently experiment joyfully + optimising aggressively.

Once I began writing and days passed to months, and months to years, I started to dream about one thing: To share this — the daily practice of writing — with others. Because through writing I realised & experienced: Writing is the beginning of all hope. Day 17 #NMMchallenge

Buying a $23 mm asset with only $1 mm personal commitment — this is the power of leverage. Too many try doing it all by themselves = zero leverage => impossible to play big. Use leverage intelligently. And the most powerful leverage in life? The right people around you.

Conduct weekly reviews of your screen time. Don‘t become a slave to a tool, instead, use the tool to achieve your goals. This requires effective goal setting in the first place. Goal setting is non-negotiable to thrive and survive in the quick-dopamine world we live in.

When I consume, my mind becomes empty but when I create I empty my mind Day 16 #NMMchallenge

@evancharles That was such an interesting and compelling read, thank you for sharing that!

I’ve done much better as a lone investor after leaving KV, and since some investors follow me, I thought I’d share why I think that is. I wish I knew this 5 years ago.

All day you were on the hunt. But were you hunting or only watching others on their hunt? The prize you are looking for is within you revealing once mind and paper make a contact — Simply — make a note Day 15 #NMMchallenge

#Notion Mail: This is another step into the future of #PKM. Tool Integration > Separation. My E-Mail-System should not be disconnected from my core PKM. Because E-Mailing is just sharing what I think, or the inbox to receive ideas. This as a feature of @obsdmd, @kepano?

This is how I feel in @the_LYT_way.

@kepano @obsdmd This is really cool and something I was dreaming about! It reduces friction and allows for better linked thinking – Thank you!

with Obsidian Bases you can create embedded views that reference the current file — for example if I put my "Places" base inside Taipei I get only places in Taipei

When you don’t know where to start with #notemaking, begin with a simple word:

Ant colonies emerge from ants doing small things - carrying crumbs, following trails, bumping into each other Happiness emerges the same way. Stack tiny joys. They don't just add up, they collide and become the contentment you couldn't have architected #NMMchallenge

When you make notes, soon you will hit a mental fatigue point. Observe it mindfully. Then, let it go and continue #notemaking. This is the moment where your brain is actively building new neuronal pathways. Repeat it, and your thinking will sharpen. Day 14 #NMMchallenge