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Richard Craib on WallStreetBets, Numerai and the Future of AI Stock Trading
Numerai founder Richard Craib explains the GameStop squeeze, evil vs chill shorting, and his crowdsourced AI hedge fund built on staking.
Tyler Cowen on Economic Growth, Big Business, Weirdos and the Fight Against Conformity
Economist Tyler Cowen on growth, capitalism, crypto, UFOs, art, food and why America works best as a nation of weirdos.
Joe Rogan with Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin: Free Speech, Crime, Culture Wars, Meaning and Fighting
TRIGGERnometry hosts Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin join Joe Rogan on free speech, crime, culture wars, AI, meaning, psychedelics and fight talk.
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The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky's final masterpiece: a murder in a provincial Russian family becomes a battle over God, freedom, suffering and love.
Count Down
A leading reproductive epidemiologist explains why sperm counts in the West have halved in forty years, what everyday chemicals have to do with it, and what you can change at home.
The Telomere Effect
Victoria Aveyard's farewell to the Red Queen world: five novellas and a scholar's records that trace a kingdom from its apocalyptic birth to the hard, hopeful work of peace.
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Feel the fear, don't obey it: steering by values and true north
Susan David and Luana Marques both say hard feelings have to be felt rather than avoided, but that values, not the feelings, should set the direction; Martha Beck agrees that fear should not steer, though her compass is the body's sense of freedom and a personal true north rather than a list of values. Together they give anxious or stuck people a way to act without waiting to feel better.
Feel the fear, don't obey it: steering by values and true north
Susan David and Luana Marques both say hard feelings have to be felt rather than avoided, but that values, not the feelings, should set the direction; Martha Beck agrees that fear should not steer, though her compass is the body's sense of freedom and a personal true north rather than a list of values. Together they give anxious or stuck people a way to act without waiting to feel better.
Feel the fear, don't obey it: steering by values and true north
Susan David and Luana Marques both say hard feelings have to be felt rather than avoided, but that values, not the feelings, should set the direction; Martha Beck agrees that fear should not steer, though her compass is the body's sense of freedom and a personal true north rather than a list of values. Together they give anxious or stuck people a way to act without waiting to feel better.