The Long Game 101: Endemic Pathogens, Extreme Ownership, Creating Something From Scratch, Myth of the Well-Read
The Long Game 101: Endemic Pathogens, Extreme Ownership, Creating Something From Scratch, Myth of the Well-Read🤳 Selfies as a Second Language, Steve Jobs, How a High-End Classic Car Goes Electric, Cosmos, Collapse, Urbit, 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🦠 Endemic PathogensI enjoyed reading this piece by Riva on how endemic pathogens could be responsible for many diseases. More generally, I think outside the box thinking made by rigorous citizen scientists will have a growing role to play in scientific discoveries.
Here is Riva’s plan for the future:
Phenomenal paper just published in Science persuasively demonstrating that EBV causes most if not all multiple sclerosis.
Phenomenal epidemiological design and technical achievement. 👏
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 🌱 Wellness🏗 Creating Something From Scratch Every DayHere’s an idea to balance the ever-increasing consumption of things: creating something from scratch every day. The antidote to consumer culture is to create something from scratch every single day.
For me this often means cooking a meal. But it can be literally anything - painting, writing, music, etc. You just gotta do it. 🧠 Better Thinking🔮 The Myth of the Well-Read PersonIt seems like, for most fields, reading a dozen of the right books would give you a good understanding of the essential ideas of the field. So why are there so few well-read generalists? This article gives a great response to this critical question:
This feels like some sort of Midwit Matrix. Art of Life 🦋 @Art0fLife_ 20 books to read in your 20s = thread = https://t.co/LzkP9Y76HgI have more thoughts on this tweet from @vgr, mainly that I think the obsession around elitist content can be misguided sometimes, but on the most part, reading too many of these pop-sci popular books can be a massive waste of time & money. ⚡️ Startup Stuff🦾 Extreme OwnershipThis week, I had in mind the concept of “extreme ownership.” I find it to be a helpful reminder once every few weeks. The best founders realize that no matter the situation everything truly is your fault and your responsibility. On the same idea of how to be an effective founder, I re-read this essay inspired by Keith Rabois’ leadership principles. Here’s the summary:
📚 What I Read📱 Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonI recently decided to spend a few months reading only biographies. I started with Steve Jobs. Please send me your best recommendations! 🤳 Selfies as a Second LanguageWhen new technologies create new languages:
Pair with: What is Snapchat? 💣 Collapse Won’t Reset SocietySome people think collapse would reset society. This piece argues it won’t:
🌐 Understanding UrbitUrbit is a clean-slate OS and network for the 21st century:
🎙 Podcast Episodes of the WeekThis week in podcasts:
🍭 Brain Food🍺 Bar Talk: Informal Social Interactions, Alcohol Prohibition, and InventionThis paper studies the importance of informal social interaction for innovation. It does so by measuring the decline in innovation when wet counties turned dry during the Prohibition and banned alcohol consumption. It turns out that the adverse effects of prohibiting alcohol on innovation lasted only three years, after which groups found new ways to socialize and generate new ideas.
I've basically stopped drinking (maybe 3 drinks in the last 2 months) and it really reduces the possible social activities u can do in NYC.
Why is the culture here so oriented around a mind numbing drug? Seems a lil demonic if u think about it 🎥 What I’m Watching🧘♀️ How the Way You Respond to Anxiety Changes Your Life — Søren Kierkegaard on AngstThis video explores the life and work of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. In particular, it focuses on his contemplations and revolutionary understanding of angst, or anxiety, looking into questions like what is anxiety, where does it come from, and how can we use it to become who we really are? Pair with: Kierkegaard on the Present (Passionless) Age 🔌🚘 How a High-End Classic Car Goes ElectricYou can now transform your old classic car into an electric vehicle! ⚡ 🔧 The Tool of the Week🌌 StarsExplore the cosmos through this beautiful visualization. Pair with: The most beautiful video on Youtube. 🪐 Quote I’m Pondering
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