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Slow-motion footage capturing objects descending into fluids with mesmerizing fluid motion effects twitter.com/MindBlowingvid…

The most astonishingly lifelike sculptures ever produced - a thread 🧵 1. “David”, marble - Michelangelo (1504)

• If you're wrong, admit it. • If you're confused, ask questions. • If you're stuck, seek for help. • If you make mistake, learn from it. • If you learn something, teach others

Marcus Aurelius' meditations are among the most influential words ever written. Two millennia ago, the world's most powerful man spent his evenings alone, journalling his thoughts. He never even meant to publish them, but they're still so relevant: 1. “Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly.” 2. “Today I escaped from anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions - not outside.” 3. “Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it's endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.” 4. “You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.” 5. “If it isn't ceasing to live that you're afraid of but never beginning to live properly... then you'll be worthy of the world that made you.” 6. “Stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.” 7. “You can also commit injustice by doing nothing.” 8. “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” 9. “Watch the courses of the stars as if you revolved with them. Keep constantly in mind how the elements alter into one another. Thoughts like this wash off the mud of life below.” 10. “At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work - as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I'm going to do what I was born for - the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?" - But it's nicer here... So you were born to feel "nice"? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don't you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? And you're not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren't you running to do what your nature demands?”

@hubermanlab And here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37684332/

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I’m preparing a Huberman Lab podcast on colds & flus and how to avoid/treat them. What protocols besides the standard “rest, liquids, wait” advise do you believe can truly help you recover more quickly and/or stay non-infected? I am asking about colds & flu’s only/specifically.

There are real threats and people should take care, but "feeling threatened" by other people's statements is a unique & contagious disease of the extreme left wing. I say TOUGHEN UP. You have a mental health problem of FEELING THREATENED. You have a problem, not the world!

This is one of the best videos to ever exist for entrepreneurs, creators... I think about it often. In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited a NYU music production class to critique student songs. At the beginning you could see student "Maggie Rogers" drenched with the absolute terror of sharing this with him. Pharrell is there just trying to keep his excitement in. The guy couldn’t wait to tell her this song is the bee’s knees. After he listened to a song called “Alaska”, he explained why “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that:” 24 hours later, someone posted the clip to Reddit. It blew up and the rest is history. Grammy nominated, millions of followers etc. And Maggie responded to the Reddit thread (i'll share screenshot in the next tweet). This story I find so cool because it inspires other artists to share what they got. We all can all connect with the fear of showing our work. It ain't easy. And to have a unique POV like Maggie. Easy to copy, harder to have something unique. I’ve got a bunch of designs, creations that have never seen the light of day. This video inspires me to publish more. My point of sharing this video: Publish your art anonymously. Or publish your art proudly as yourself. Bonus points if it's one of a kind work. But publish your darn art. This is your new week's energy. This is your 2024 energy. Go get 'em. -- If you enjoyed this, go listen to some Maggie Rogers. And thank you to Pharrell for being so supportive to an up and comer. And go follow me for more stories like this @gregisenberg, so you get more of it in your feed I share stories about internet communities, free startup ideas and more. (link in bio for more info about me)

I struggled reading annual reports You know what was a game changer? The 6-step framework from Aswath Damodaran You can steal it here:

This is one of my favorite entrepreneurship stories of all time In this 30 min clip, casino/RE tycoon Phil Ruffin shares how he went from 1 c-store in Wichita Kansas to becoming a billionaire, including owning the Treasure Island on the Vegas Strip In a remarkable series of transactions, he managed to turn $20M into $1.24 billion in just 13 yrs in one of the wildest series of RE transactions ever In this video, Ruffin shares his rag to riches story - it's a must watch if you've got 30 minutes to spare this long weekend

@vanessasierra00 Really impressive lifestory. Thanks for sharing

@beaniemaxi Which protocols are you referring to and/or looking at?

I know what fomo feels like as this is my 4th crypto cycle. First was in 2013 when Bitcoin did a 100x in a few months. Next in 2017 when it did a 40x, but Ethereum did a 100x and some altcoins just went silly. In 2020 DeFi Summer during Covid lockdowns put all other rallies to shame as literal anon shitcoins mooned to multi billion dollar marketcaps within hours. YFI went from pennies to nearly $50k within weeks. Then most recently we saw the 2021 NFT bull run, led by 1000x gains minting BAYC and other things. Now here we are late 2023 and I’m getting the same vibes. The tells are; 1) Solana 6x off FTX lows 2) BTC and ETH 2x+ off lows 3) Blast attracting $400m in days 4) Blur 4x off lows in a couple weeks As we’ve seen with each preceding cycle, the returns in the majors while big by comparison to nearly any other asset class in the world, sharply lag emerging crypto asset returns. That is, when crypto goes full “risk on” mode, look out. I think this cycle will mirror that trend. However with that said, anything really new is risky. You see Blast being rewarded because Blur has proven to be a winner and category leader. They built a winning product that took over the NFT market. That gives them credibility. That’s why Blast works. Good thing about this cycle is that there’s lots of proven winners hiding in plain sight. Particularly in DeFi. And I think given the current global narratives that DeFi is about to shine again. Just not in the same wild west fashion as before. Which is gold. It’s more sustainable now. Pretty much what started a few years ago with overnight multi billion dollar market caps came crashing back down to earth. So now we can plainly see which projects were real all along. Some of these are now highly derisked and deeply discounted. I’m talking about protocols that have been through the last several cycles and continue to not only build and gain mainstream traction throughout, but get battletested at the same time. There’s actually quite a few of them out there still trading relatively close to historic lows and well off previous fomo highs (which I think get taken out this cycle). Some projects were just MVPs a few years ago and have now proven themselves. Yet valuations are a fraction of what they were. I expect that to correct itself. It doesn’t make much sense for me to make venture bets of new protocols and platforms when I can substantially derisk and just buy the beaten down tokens of proven winners for essentially pennies on the dollar and stay liquid. Liquid funds are a big VC narrative rn. People always ask me why I bother posting here. Well this post is a prime example. I’d like to sharpen my thesis. Or be proven wrong. Plus I’d like to learn about protocols that I may have overlooked that fit into my thesis and potentially lead to outsided returns during this cycle. But are substantially derisked compared to buying something without a proven track record. Feel free to share thoughts below in the comments.

Gratitude: It's not just about what we receive but how and from whom. Understanding the environmental and interpersonal nuances can profoundly amplify our happiness and well-being.

I’m the head of Google AI ($15.7M TC). You better believe we’re using this OpenAI news to make rapid advancements and go on the offensive. As soon as I’m back from PTO for Thanksgiving break (December 1, 2023) I will be coordinating an all-hands with my team (on February 5, 2024), where we will put some Q2 OKRs in place to discuss a plan to get to parity with GPT 4 by the year 2026. Look out, world!

I kept looking for living people who understood the dynamics of this conflict & found NONE as clear-minded as Villepin, former French PM & mostly chief diplomat. I thought no living politician had the clairvoyance of Gaulle & Peyrefitte. I was wrong.

We asked @harari_yuval why he believes AI is the end of human-dominated history. Watch the full conversation here: econ.st/3RuFqJk

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Warren Buffett is the best investor in the world. The Oracle of Omaha has been writing annual shareholders letters for more than 4 decades. I read them all and summarized them in 10 key lessons for you:

EXCLUSIVE: @doodles has officially announced the details of its next project: Doodles 2 The project will be fully integrated into @flow_blockchain to expand the ecosystem and allow endless NFT customization with “nonexistent gas fees.” Learn more here: nftnow.com/news/exclusive…

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