The Beginning of Infinity is one of those few books that redefine completely the foundations of your mental models. I did this video on what constitutes a good explanation (and what led to the exponential growth of civilizations):
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I’m a Quant and YouTuber. Berkeley MFE 20. YouTube: The Quant Artist. My goal is to spread great ideas / thinking models through animated videos.
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"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
This is one of the best books I read about following your dreams and being true to yourself. This is my animated book summary:
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For reasons explained at length in my book & briefly in this new animated video, the world order is changing in ways that haven't happened in our lifetime before but have happened many times in history and I want to I convey that picture to you. youtu.be/xguam0TKMw8 (1/3)
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Just finished the book Wanting by . I now see Mimetic Desire everywhere around me (and of course in myself). I never understood why Facebook took over MSN Messenger, but now I know that it was Mimetic Desire. It put everybody in Freshmanistan where all desires collide.
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"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
This is one of the best books I read about following your dreams and being true to yourself. This is my animated book summary:
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What led to the collapse of FTX?
How did he do it?
Why did do what he did?
What is the future of Crypto?
Check out my animated analysis of FTX's Collapse:
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How To Meet The Most Successful People When You’re Nobody :
1) Face The Flinch (Fear Monster)
2) Cold Emailing (+ Have an "Inside Man")
3) Perseverance (You are one step away from Success)
To learn more, check my FREE video here:
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If you’re not sure what to sell, it means you haven’t provided enough value to your audience yet.
Once you have, you’ll know what to sell because they’ll ask for it.
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Just made a little animated video about the Lobster Story in Chapter 1 of 12 Rules for Life of
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Just read two times $100M Offers by . I made this detailed animation for those who want to refresh their memory!
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After reading The Multiverse from the Beginning of Infinity and Shadows from the Fabric of Reality both by , and listening to the podcast of , I'm convinced that the Multiverse is real. I've made an animated video about it here:
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In the end, you win through superior craftsmanship, not marketing.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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Just uploaded a video about 1984 by George Orwell. I discuss the book's themes in relation to our modern world:
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Aiming at less than 100 solid books. Anything beyond that is madness. I'm after educated execution, not recreational consumption.
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Have a model of how the world works. Test it, and increment it.
Most people quit just before success.
You want to look for asymmetric payoffs in life. If you lose, you don't lose much. But if you win, you win big. YouTube, writing books, and art are such activities.
Just made this little video about the Three-Body Problem sci-fi novel by Liu Cixin. #threebodyproblem #liucixin #scifibooks #sophon
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I wish there were a Twitter feature that let you see other people’s feeds. Like you could type in any handle and your feed would change to what you’d see if you followed everyone they followed. Would be a great way to understand the narratives and values of different bubbles.
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