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“Most people don’t want to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth that distraction is always an unhealthy escape from reality.” My latest guest, Nir Eyal - https://www.nirandfar.com/book-nir-eyal/, writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology - https://www.nirandfar.com/consumer-psychology-articles/, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing - https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/super-power-tomorrow-being-indistractable at…

To make the green transition easier, we need to be MORE grateful for oil and gas. Alex Danco explains... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness Twitter: https://x.com/Alex_Danco #oilandgas #oil #greentransition #environment #climatecrisis

The Alex Danco guide to developing agency... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness

Friction in product design: Friend or foe? 🤔 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness

“Without mystery, there is no margin." — Alex Danco Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness

As the saying goes, only three things in life are certain: death, taxes & Alex Danco. Armed with sizzling hot takes on the sad death of Twitter likes and a new secret weapon in the form of his catchphrase-turned-episode theme (“Without mystery, there is no margin”), Alex returns for his…

Mike Maples, Jr. advises teenagers to pursue a project that WILL NOT improve their grades or help them get into college... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking

Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking

If everyone likes your startup's big idea, it's likely just average. Mike Maples, Jr. explains. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking

Mike Maples, Jr. reveals the surprising trait that unites the best founders he has worked with. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking

Mike Maples, Jr., co-founding partner of the VC firm Floodgate, is the veteran seed investor behind some of the 21st-century’s great success stories, including Twitter, Twitch, and Applied Intuition. His book, Pattern Breakers (co-authored with Peter Ziebelman), articulates a new model of foundership, one built on the simple premise that…

Falling in love with math while being stuck in a rigid schooling system is tough As Ben Orlin explains: "Huge bureaucracies are not known for exciting people's sense of wonder and curiosity..." And so it falls on teachers to excite student's curiosities...and unleash their inner fuel Here's why that's so…

88 years ago, a leading national magazine committed a major statistical blunder that ultimately caused it to go bankrupt. Since we're in the full swing of election season, here's a cautionary note on the power of sample bias... The year is 1936. FDR is up for reelection, and the Literary…

What do the best investors (and the smartest Infinite Loops guests) have in common? They fundamentally grok base rates. And yet, understanding base rates and statistics is almost unnatural for our HumanOS. Ben Orlin explains why. Watch our full episode right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GgOBeXISk

In teaching mathematics, a simple six-sided dice is a powerful tool Why? Because it contains within it the seed for infinite discovery Ben Orlin explains why finding concrete instances like dice can lead explorers to rich abstractions. Watch the full episode right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GgOBeXISk

As a former quant with six grandkids, my spidey-senses started tingling as soon as I heard about Ben Orlin’s mission to make math fun. A native of St.Paul, Ben is a math educator and popularizer who is known for his “Math With Bad Drawing” blog and book series. Today’s conversation…

Truth is predictive. The more accurately you perceive the world, the better you should be able to anticipate the future. Like a whetstone sharpens a blade, prediction markets can hone your model of reality. Check out our S*bstack for our full episode with Gurwinder Bhogal, plus a heuristics cheat sheet…

Having skin in the game incentivizes truth-seeking over fashion-following. Gurwinder Bhogal explains... Read or listen to the full episode: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/gurwinder-bhogals-guide-to-modern Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSAt3zk3YU

When confronted by an inconvenient truth, our humanOS defaults to delusion. @G_S_Bhogal explains why. Read or listen to the full episode: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/gurwinder-bhogals-guide-to-modern Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSAt3zk3YU

Are you playing games that work FOR or against you? Read, or listen to the full episode: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/gurwinder-bhogals-guide-to-modern Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSAt3zk3YU

“We have created for ourselves a world that we didn't evolve for.” Gurwinder Bhogal is, for my money, one of the most independent, original and insightful thinkers you’ll find in our corner of the internet. He returns to discuss how willpower and good old-fashioned human agency can help us reclaim…

Conducting political business on entirely new stages of interaction, preferably those controlled by the politician rather than media intermediaries, is a key component of political charm. As Julia explains, Jacinda Ardern exemplified this approach, regularly communicating via seemingly impromptu, intentionally unpolished Facebook live videos. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRn4KFnzhAs&t=22s Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/charming

"There is, I think this suspicion about seduction [...] if you think about the Bible and important mythologies internationally, seductive people or figures are dangerous very often in these stories. So there is this kind of skepticism, somewhat religiously, I would say, of distancing yourself from charming people..." -- Julia…

The paradox of political authenticity: We demand politicians be "themselves" in highly artificial media settings. Political leadership once meant embodying Greatness. Now it means coming across as being fun to have a beer with. How did this happen? Julia Sonnevend explains... Catch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/QRn4KFnzhAs?si=jOgvFfo3pHiIxLGt For the full…