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9/30/2024
11 : 4
Is the American Dream alive?
Hi all, Remember your agency, that you can solve the problems around you. In your immediate, physical vicinity. Trevor Is The American Dream Alive and Well? A public debate (podcast) Great debate -
9/23/2024
11 : 14
The world is not efficient
Hi all, The drama continues in the prediction market for whether my weight will be <145 pounds on January 1st. The price has spiked up & down, including with bets from someone whose username is
9/16/2024
11 : 14
Useful and Overlooked Skills
Hi all, (Sorry about the formatting last week, small hiccup that has now been fixed.) Fun news: last week I had my lowest weigh-in since October 2021. It's been fun to see my Manifold prediction
9/9/2024
11 : 14
Why John Carmack worked for Steve Jobs
Hi all, 55 people have bet on my Manifold prediction market on whether I'll be 145 pounds the morning of January 1, 2025. It's been funny & motivating to see so many people bet NO, driving
8/27/2024
11 : 14
I started a prediction market for my weight
Hi all, I started a prediction market for my weight on Manifold 26 days ago. The prompt is “Will I weigh <145 pounds by Jan 1, 2025?” It will resolve to YES if my weigh-in on the morning of Jan 1,
8/20/2024
2 : 12
Great tweets
Hi all, Have a great week! Trevor Great tweets “I'm a Jew but let me tell you, "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free" is platinum tier, top-shelf, cannot be beat
8/12/2024
11 : 4
Sabbath Hard and Go Home
Hi all, I got back last week from the Olympics, it was fantastic. I thought the Olympics might be dying a bit after Tokyo 2020 but I feel like this year in person and online were the best they've
7/15/2024
11 : 4
Optimism today, tomorrow, and forever
Hi all, I hope you find something in today's newsletter that you enjoy. Make this an incredible week. Trevor Articles Tyler Cowen modeling positive & negative contagion “When people feel bad
6/17/2024
11 : 14
Claims about Taylor Swift
Hi all, Friendly reminder that optimism should be a verb - something you do. Trevor Fatherhood as Practicing Virtue (article) This moved me in a way that I never would have appreciated before becoming
6/10/2024
11 : 4
People unlike you
Hi all, It's gonna be a good week. Trevor Memories of an Enron Summer (LINK FIXED) (PDF) (Link was broken last week) From Giuseppe Paleologo, who interned @ Enron in 2000, the year before it went
6/3/2024
11 : 14
Working at Enron
Hi all, I hope you have an optimistic week. Trevor Memories of an Enron Summer (PDF) From Giuseppe Paleologo, who interned @ Enron in 2000, the year before it went under. Principles of designing good
5/20/2024
11 : 14
Choose life
Have an amazing week. Trevor Seinfeld press for Unfrosted (youtube interviews) Here's one with Neal Brennan. And here's another with Graham Bensinger. I won't pretend to have watched all of
5/6/2024
11 : 14
Be critical
Good morning! Another great week is upon us. Trevor Steve Jobs didn't want to ship iTunes for Windows (article) I think this is one of the most important Steve Jobs stories, and I rarely hear it
4/29/2024
11 : 24
Help your parents
Good morning! Can I ask you a personal favor? My 6-month old daughter has Prader-Willi Syndrome. It's a life-long condition caused by a deletion on her 15th chromosome. One of the key symptoms of
4/22/2024
11 : 14
Optimistic ought to be a verb
Good morning ladies & gents, It's gonna be a good week. Optimism: now, always, and forever. Trevor I just bet $100 the CFPB will be ruled unconstitutional (website) Kalshi is my site of choice
4/15/2024
11 : 4
Product reviewers are too mean
Buenos dias! Here's to another great week… Trevor Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon (book) This was fantastic. I don't think the title really sells it… it felt less like a financial
4/8/2024
11 : 14
I'll go where you want me to go
Good morning, Let's make this week the best week! Trevor God is the Gardner (article) This is a commencement speech given at BYU in 1968 by one of the leaders of the Mormon church. Reading it for
3/18/2024
11 : 4
Nobody cares
Hi all, I hope your week is great Trevor Nobody cares (article) If you fail nobody will care about the reasons, so forget about all your legitimate excuses and press on. Tyler Cowen's Personal
3/11/2024
11 : 4
You can't tell people anything
Hi all, Have an amazing week. Trevor The Cystic-Fibrosis Breakthrough that Changed Everything (article) We've mostly cured Cystic-Fibrosis, a terminal disease. People who planned their life
3/4/2024
12 : 4
Optimism should be a verb
Hi all, I'll be @ Fintech Meetup this week - email me if you want to say hi. Trevor ”In admiration of some of the best programmers I've worked with” (article) This describes the superpower of