“Technology is accelerating far more quickly than anyone could have imagined. During the next decade, we will experience more upheaval and create more wealth than we have in the past hundred years. In this gripping and insightful roadmap to our near future, Diamandis and Kotler investigate how wave after wave of exponentially accelerating technologies will impact both our daily lives and society as a whole.”

“Measure What Matters is about using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a revolutionary approach to goal-setting, to make tough choices in business.

In 1999, legendary venture capitalist John Doerr invested nearly $12 million in a startup that had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. Doerr introduced the founders to OKRs and with them at the foundation of their management, the startup grew from forty employees to more than 70,000 with a market cap exceeding $600 billion. The startup was Google.”

So it appears the most famous psychology studies are riddled with issues and key omissions! Digressions in this podcast include the Milgram obedience studies and a debunking of the “broken windows” theory of policing.

Matt Ridley is the author of several books related to science and human progress, biologist, newspaper columnist and member of the House of Lords in the UK. Matt and Shane discuss writing books about science, the age-old battle between viruses and humans, rational optimism, the difference between innovation and invention, the role of trial and error and the effects of social media on seeing others’ points of view.

The Episode of Everything: Balaji on Bitcoin and Ethereum, Media Self-Defense, Drone Warfare, Crypto Oracles, India as Dark Horse, The Pseudonymous Economy, Beautiful Trouble, Ramanujan, Life Extension, and More

“If code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.” — Balaji Srinivasan

This free video re-enactment tool animates the faces in still photos and creates high-quality, realistic video footage.

It’s no secret I love a good list of life learnings, principles and philosophies. This list of 100 focuses on business, productivity, courage, stress, success, relationships and more.

My favourites include:

How often do you read a book but fail to remember the key ideas weeks or even days later? Readwise has solved this problem for me and dramatically enhanced my reading habit in the process.

I rave about using Readwise to help me retain what I read but words don’t do it justice! If you wish you could rapidly retrieve content you read then watch this short tutorial.

Kudos to Claudia for the video! 📹