Writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and master of mental models, George Mark, returns to discuss the top 0.1% of ideas he’s ever come across, from treating life as a video game to spotting high-agency individuals.
Important Links:
- George’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/george__mack
- The Lindy Library - https://george-mack.com/?ref=growthinreverse.com
- Roy: A Life Well Lived - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szzVlQ653as Rick and Morty
- How to Spot High Agency People - https://twitter.com/george__mack
- The Mack Meditation - https://x.com/george__mack/status/1647990819352379392?s=20
- What is ignored by the media — but will be studied by historians? - https://x.com/george__mack/status/1640010297607073794?s=20
- The Early-Late Razor - https://x.com/george__mack/status/1649835320018628608?s=20
Show Notes:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:08 Main podcast
0:01:53 Treating Life as a Video Game
0:13:52 Finding the Important Metrics
0:19:14 Embrace Momentum; Embrace Constraints
0:27:09 How to Spot High Agency People
0:38:36 How to Increase Your Agency
0:46:55 The Mack Meditation & Silence as Alpha
0:57:04 Why Pessimism vs Optimism is the Wrong Debate
1:06:30 The Future of Media
1:20:44 What is Ignored by the Media but will be Studied by Historians?
1:27:49 The Reddit to Facebook Continuum
1:33:19 George’s Most Midwit Opinion
1:37:04 Randomness & Feeding the Algorithm
1:50:21 How to Retain Curiosity
1:54:03 George as Emperor of the World
Books Mentioned:
- The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between a Little Craziness and a Lot Of Success in America; by John Gartner
- Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine; by Derren Brown
- What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O’Shaughnessy
- The Secret; by Rhonda Byrne
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid; by Douglas Hofstadter
- The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World; by David Deutsch
