DOCUMENTARY - Free Solo by Alex Honnold & Jimmy Chin - Human potential is beyond imagination; nature is awe inspiring; and climbing still scares the shit out of me.

MEDITATION APP - Waking Up by Sam Harris - Sam Harris created a new meditation app that offers a more intellectual and analytical entry point into meditation practice.

ARTICLE - Aeon: Can relationship anarchy create a world without heartbreak? by Sophie Hemery - There are myriad ways to construct meaningful relationships, and your personal choices ought to reflect your (and their) needs and goals.

BOOK - Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (My full Kindle notes) - Within each of us lives the full spectrum of human nature.

"You will always feel fear, but over time you will realize the only way to truly manage your fear is to broaden your comfort zone.'' ~ Alex Honnold

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - FEEDBACK

VIDEO - Wired: How Humans Get Hacked: Yuval Noah Harari & Tristan Harris Talk by Nicholas Thompson

BLOG POST - Brain Pickings: Against Self-Criticism: Adam Phillips on How Our Internal Critics Enslave Us, the Stockholm Syndrome of the Superego, and the Power of Multiple Interpretations by Maria Popova

BLOG POST - Farnam Street: What’s Staying the Same by Shane Parrish

COURSE - Harvard: Positive Psychology 1504 by Tal Ben-Shahar

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - PHYSICAL HEALTH INFORMATION BLACKOUT

MUSIC - Emotionless by Drake

PODCAST - The Tim Ferriss Show: 10 Strategies to Be Happier Through Gratitude by A.J. Jacobs

ARTICLE - The Atlantic: Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition by Emily Esfahani Smith

ARTICLE - NY Times: The Ambition Explosion by David Brooks

MUSIC - Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - ATTACHMENT THEORY

ARTICLE - Quillette: The Incentives for Groupthink by Neema Parvini

BLOG POST - Breaking Smart: Self-Interest and Seized Initiatives by Venkatesh Rao

ARTICLE - NY Times: A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley by Nellie Bowles

MUSIC - Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations

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BLATANT SELF-PROMOTION - GLOBAL WELLNESS INDUSTRY OUTLOOK 2019

BLOG POST - Brain Pickings: Nicole Krauss’s Beautiful Letter to Van Gogh on Fear, Bravery, and How to Break the Loop of Our Destructive Patterns by Maria Popova

ARTICLE - Aeon: There is no middle ground for deep disagreements about facts by Klemens Kappel

PODCAST - The Tim Ferris Show: Nick Kokonas — How to Apply World-Class Creativity to Business, Art, and Life (#341) by Tim Ferris

RESOURCE - The Ultimate Learning Guide via Shane Parrish by Ryan Reeves

RESEARCH - Ergo-Log: Ketogenic diet may help prevent dementia

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KILL MY CONFIRMATION BIAS - DETERMINISM

BLOG POST - NY Times Opinion: In Praise of Mediocrity by Tim Wu

ARTICLE - The Guardian: Net worth v self worth: do we all need inequality therapy? by Maia Szalavitz

BLOG POST - The BPP Blog: Solution Aversion by Tony Hockley

ARTICLE - Nature: The biggest pandemic risk? Viral misinformation by Heidi Larson

BLOG POST - Wait But Why: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy by Tim Urban

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - NYC APARTMENT SEARCH

ARTICLE - The Atlantic: Why Kids Want Things by Joe Pinsker

BLOG POST - Thoughts on Relationships by Tynan

ARTICLE - Aeon: Religion is about emotion regulation, and it’s very good at it by Stephen Asma

BLOG POST - The Best Way To Add Yield To Your Portfolio by Meb Faber

RESEARCH - Psychoneuroendocrinology: Aerobic exercise lengthens telomeres and reduces stress in family caregivers: A randomized controlled trial

BOOK - Principles by Ray Dalio

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUTUBE INFLUENCERS

BOOK - The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (My full Kindle notes)

BOOK - How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (My full Kindle notes)

PODCASTS - Nutrition Debate Double Feature - Joe Rogan Experience #1175 - Chris Kresser & Dr. Joel Kahn & Joe Rogan Experience #1176 - Dom D'Agostino & Layne Norton by Joe Rogan

ARTICLE - New Yorker: The Deliberate Awfulness of Social Media by Mark O'Connell

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PODCAST - Reboot: #90 – The Fear of Being You – with Leonie Akhidenor by Jerry Colonna

ARTICLE - The Guardian: Nick Littlehales: the man who showed Cristiano Ronaldo how to sleep by Russell Jackson

BLOG POST - First Round: The Imperative Practice of Relaxing Constraints by Howard Morgan

BLOG POST - Brain Pickings: The Difficult Art of Giving Space in Love by Maria Popova

COMEDY - The Top Part by John Mulaney

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - MENTAL MODELS THAT I AM WORKING ON

DOCUMENTARY - HBO: The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling by Judd Apatow

ARTICLE - Aeon: Against Mourning by Brian Earp

BLOG POST - Brain Pickings: How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing” by Maria Popova

MUSIC - Bush

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BOOK - Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach (My full Kindle highlights)

PODCAST - Joe Rogan Experience: #1158 - Chuck Palahniuk by Joe Rogan

RESEARCH - American Journal of Public Health: Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate

RESEARCH - The Lancet: Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis (via The Guardian)

ARTICLE - Aeon: Hume the humane by Julian Baggini

BOOK - Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

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PODCAST - Hidden Brain: The Sorting Hat by Shankar Vedantam

BLOG POST - I Can't by Rob Jones

ARTICLE - Aeon: The unreality of luck by Steven Hales

BOOK EXCERPT - The Guardian: ‘Humans are a post-truth species’ by Yuval Noah Harari

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TWEET STORM - Some heuristics to make decisions by Shane Parrish

ARTICLE - National Geographic: This Is Your Brain on Nature by Florence Williams

ARTICLE - Scientific American: Why the Most Important Idea in Behavioral Decision-Making Is a Fallacy by David Gal

ARTICLE - Aeon: The respect deficit by Richard Reeves

MOVIE - Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - FIGURING OUT WHERE TO LIVE

BOOK - Essentialism by Greg McKeown (My summary)

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - MY MENTAL HEALTH REMINDERS

BLOG POST - Brain Pickings: David Whyte on the True Meaning of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak by Maria Popova

BLOG POST - The Story of My Life by Russ Roberts

ARTICLE - Aeon: Loneliness is the common ground of terror and extremism by Nabeelah Jaffer

BLOG POST - Solutions Journalism: Complicating the Narratives by Amanda Ripley

BLOG POST - Above the Market: Proof Negative by Robert Seawright

MUSIC - Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

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TOPIC OF INTEREST - WE SHALL SEE

PODCAST - The Knowledge Project: Getting Better by Being Wrong with Annie Dukeby Shane Parrish

ARTICLE - Aeon: Can meditation really make the world a better place? by Ute Kreplin

ARTICLE - NY Times: Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself by Charlotte Lieberman

BLOG POST - RibbonFarm: Hedonic Audit by Sarah Perry

BLOG POST - Brain Pickings: 10 Learnings from 10 Years of Brain Pickings by Maria Popova

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RESOURCE - BRICK

ARTICLE - Aeon: Life on the slippery Earth by Sebastian Purcell

BLOG POST - Farnam Street: Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life

BOOK - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

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PODCAST - The Reboot Podcast #86: How Have You Lived Your Life? with Parker Palmer & Jerry Colonna

BLOG POST - Wait But Why: The Cook and the Chef: Musk’s Secret Sauce by Tim Urban

BOOK - The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant (My full Kindle notes)

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MORNING MANTRA OF THE WEEK - ALL MATTER, SO FAR AS WE KNOW IT, IS A MENTAL CONDITION

BOOK - The Decision Checklist: A Practical Guide to Avoiding Problems by Sam Kyle (My full Kindle notes)

BLOG POST - RibbonFarm: Near-Deathness by Matthew Sweet

BLOG POST - Farnam Street: Smarter, Not Harder: How to Succeed at Work by Shane Parrish

MUSIC - Pennybridge Pioneers by Millencolin

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