• Words of the day - Gamine: A girl with mischievous or boyish charm, Burnish: To improve or make something more attractive. To rub metal until it is shiny.
• Profile of Mackenzie Bezos
• English woods
• Techniques to get what you want in a negotiation might include positive small talk, light touch, offering the comfy chair, and a good smell
• Amazon liquidation boxes
• Cleaning up the garbage patch - people want a solution that does not require anyone to make a huge sacrifice.
• George Soros is a pretty good guy.
• The history of nut milk
• How to raise generous kids
• Unconventional techniques used to create a biography of Lyndon B Johnson
• Programming zines
• Ketamine for use in treating suicidal ideation
• Using AI to create seasoning
• China’s massive new silk road infrastructure project
• Topic of conversation when travelling: Netflix
• Shawn Achor - Cognitive afterimage. Book: The Happiness Advantage
• Museum of Pocket Art - The Museum of Pocket Art began fifteen years ago with an idea that everyone should carry with them a small artwork in a pocket to enrich their day and share with others.
• Karl Lagerfeld - “It’s chic, huh?” Brad said. “Yes, perfect for Dubai,” Lagerfeld said.
• Pain is the fuel of addiction
• Speaking a language idiomatically is very valuable because people sort others into “us” and “not us”.
• “You think people start losing their mental ability when they get older. Nobody got a chance to say that about Buster. Buster, to the very end, seemed to be playing better than he had in 20 years.” “He gave everybody the same amount of respect and then he’d beat you.”
• Frame the weekend like a vacation to be happier - stay present in the moment.
• How to be successful according to Sam Altman