The Long Game 96: Endocrine Disruptors, Low Expectations, Obsession, Deep Work
The Long Game 96: Endocrine Disruptors, Low Expectations, Obsession, Deep Work📱 The Truth About Online Dating, 14 Peaks, Jakarta, Substack Reader, Knowledge Networks, and Much More!Hi there, it’s Mehdi Yacoubi, co-founder at Vital, and this is The Long Game Newsletter. To receive it in your inbox each week, subscribe here: In this episode, we explore:
Let’s dive in! 🥑 Health💱 Endocrine DisruptorsWe talked a few times about infertility, birthrates, and endocrine disruptors in The Long Game, and I came across this great article this week about some ways to reduce your exposure to endocrine disruptors.
It can get tricky to understand what are the best measures to reduce your exposure, so here are some ways to mitigate exposure and harms of EDCs:
future generations will laugh at how stupid we were for passively subscribing to a world full of micro-plastics and endocrine disruptors Soona @soona A deep dive on america's looming fertility crisis https://t.co/XHRaVlLfGL🌱 Wellness🧘♂️ Doing the Deep WorkAva knows how to put words on important feelings & emotions. On doing the deep work within yourself:
🧠 Better Thinking▪️ Low ExpectationsWhat’s the best way to always be happy? Low expectations.
It doesn’t mean people shouldn’t try to achieve crazy things, but simply expecting that things won’t go out as expected is a better long-term strategy. Elon is the best example of this:
This is one of the saddest yet most inspirational clips of @elonmusk that I often think about. In your journey to innovate and push society forward, you will face criticism of all kinds, including from your own heroes. The only thing to do is to continue moving forward. ⚡️ Startup Stuff🔁 ObsessionLast week, I listened to MrBeast on JRE, and his obsession with his craft struck me. For the better part of a decade, he did nothing else than obsess over creating the best Youtube videos, and he still does. I think this level of obsession and dedication to your craft is necessary to reach the highest level in the activity you’re pursuing. When you’re building something, the biggest trap is to be in it just for the results and expect things to be quick. MrBeast manages to stay obsessed with these videos because he loves them and wouldn’t want to be doing anything else. That’s the second part of the equation. If you apply this level of obsession to something you deeply love (and that matters), that’s when the magic happens (see here, and here.) I feel like hard work has gotten a bit out of style lately, but it doesn’t mean the recipe to achieve great things has changed. Pair with this excellent interview of Flexport CEO:
📚 What I Read🕸 The Rise of Community-Curated Knowledge NetworksI find the space of knowledge curation fascinating. We are seeing new tools emerging with both the curation and the community in the same place. It has a lot of similarities with what we’re building at Vital: bringing the tools and the social network in the same place.
🇮🇩 Jakarta’s Transit MiracleHow one of the most-congested/polluted cities in the world is turning things around.
🌒 On AmbitionA great follow-up piece on last week’s hard work article:
🎙 Podcast Episodes of the WeekThis week in podcasts:
🍭 Brain Food💘 The Truth about Online DatingAs most dating has now moved online, we can understand human preferences like never before. This article is fascinating and gives a great recap of everything we now know about online dating. First, let’s set the picture: So now that we have all of these people feeding dating apps tremendous amounts of data, here are a few learnings: This isn’t the only interesting learning. Here are how men rate women, vs. how women rate men:
Then, when it comes to inequality, the dating market would be one of the most unequal countries in the world if measured with the same standards:
I think the implications of dating going fully digital are huge. People have unrealistic expectations because now, instead of looking for mates in a smaller pool, people look at the best in a massive collection of people. That’s why you end up with women rating only 7% of men above average!
Men are in bad shape. What’s going on?!
Great one by @jwmares
justinmares.substack.com/p/the-next-epi… 🎥 What I’m Watching🇨🇳 The Chinese Student CrisisAn interesting exploration of the scam of university rankings. 🏔 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible“The biggest strength I have is, I have no fear.” 🔧 The Tool of the Week📱 Substack Reader AppYou can now read The Long Game in the new Substack app for iPhone. With the app, you’ll have a dedicated Inbox for my Substack and any others you subscribe to. New posts will never get lost in your email filters, or stuck in spam. Longer posts will never cut-off by your email app. Comments and rich media will all work seamlessly. Overall, it’s a big upgrade to the reading experience. The Substack app is currently available for iOS. If you don’t have an Apple device, you can join the Android waitlist here. 🪐 Quote I’m Pondering
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