Weekly Mix #102 - Decision Making, The Good Life, Aircraft Carriers and Must-Reads

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Decision Making, The Good Life, Aircraft Carriers and Must-Reads

Happy Wednesday !

I hope you're having a great week! It's finally warming up here in Montreal, which I celebrated by going for a bike ride Saturday, before it promptly returned to below freezing that night.

It's also been a big week for sports fans: Tiger back on top, and one of the biggest upsets in NHL history.

Here are some things I've been checking out and working on the last week:

Blog Post I Wrote: Patrick Collison on Decision Making

I've been reading a lot about decision making. When I heard two podcasts featuring Patrick, I knew I had to write about his decision making framework. It's simple, yet powerful.

Book Notes I Added: The Art of the Good Life - Rolf Dobelli

52 principles for living a great life, based on modern psychology, Stoicism and investment theory. You can also find notes for Rolf's other book, The Art of Thinking Clearly, here. I recommend both.

Articles I'm Reading:

The Epic Hunt for a Lost WWII Aircraft Carrier - New York Times - A fun read about ocean exploration. If you don't want to read the full thing, at least check out the side-scan sonar image of the carrier on the ocean floor. Very cool.

Translated Interview with Peter Thiel - This rare interview with Thiel is translated from German. A known contrarian (before it became "cool"), this interview is fascinating. Among the controversial takeaways: Stoicism breeds complacency.

Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children - The Atlantic - Some insight into the attention to detail of a master at his craft.

The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be the Most Disruptive Yet - Ramez Naam - The renewables analysis continues, with this piece suggesting renewables will soon be cheaper than existing oil and gas powerplants (as opposed to cheaper than building new plants).

On Pivoting as a Funded Startup Founder - Ryan Caldbeck (Twitter) - A brutal, painful look at what startup founders (particularly those with VC funding) go through when building their companies, even when perceived as successes.

The Must-Read List - David Perell (Twitter) - Great list of writers of various types. I know of and support many of the selections, and will be checking out the others.

Album I'm Listening To: Ventura - Anderson .Paak

New hip-hop album out this week from Anderson .Paak. Jet Black is an early favourite.

Have a great week!

Graham

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