Alex Bane

Marketer, Writer, Optimist

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

Familiar with this study and the key is to have your phone in a separate room entirely. Off and upside down, in your bag = still “calling” you even if you don’t realize it.

[Alex Bane @Alex1Bane]

"Contemplation enlarges not only the objects of our thoughts, but also the objects of our actions and our affections: it makes us citizens of the universe... In this citizenship...consists man’s true freedom, and his liberation from the thraldom of narrow hopes and fears." -BR

[George Mack @george__mack]

The hack from 1990-2020 was increasing digital time. You got ahead of the competition. The current hack is increasing analog time because it’s extremely rare. Walks without a phone. Carry a notepad. Fly in for meetings. Write a physical letter. Stare at a wall. 3D mode.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Carl Jung on doing the work:

[George Mack @george__mack]

Language hack: Replace "work hard" with "focus hard". There's millions of people working hard each day. Few are focusing hard each day. Subtle change of language. It Jedi mind tricks my brain to get rid of the bathwater (work) but keep the baby (focus).

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Put a Post-it on your computer screen or set a calendar reminder to alert you at least three times daily with the question: Are you inventing things to do to avoid the important?

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Clarity comes from action.

[George Mack @george__mack]

Two under-discussed moats for the next decade are courage and the ability to sit in boredom. Both are hard, AI isn't going to do it for you, and social media is making both rarer.

[George Mack @george__mack]

The biggest difference I've noticed between people with a low or high bias for action is that the former loops on "what if it goes wrong?" and the latter loops on "what if it goes right?".

[George Mack @george__mack]

If I wake up and ask myself every day: What would today look like if it were fun? What would I do if I had 10x the agency? -- I'm convinced I'd die with a smile. That's it. Nothing else needed.

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

Exercise beats SSRIs for depression.

But the most absurd part -- *dancing* has the largest impact of any treatment.

[Guillermo Rauch @rauchg]

I foresee a really cool crossover between GPT-4o image gen and @v0

It’s so good for creative inspiration ahead of implementation

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

Agree 100%. Science supports this. Mental health (incl. motivation) is best layered with dopamine reward schedules of varying duration.

[Alex Bane @Alex1Bane]

I listened to the @FoundersPodcast on Christopher Nolan, my favorite director and one of the most successful filmmakers to ever live.

I learned he doesn't use a smartphone, doesn't use email; he thinks the distraction of technology takes away from his imagination.

There is something here when it comes to the social media & AI revolution we are currently experiencing.

This technology is seductively easy, interesting, and at your beck and call, but there is a lesson in stepping away from technology and allowing your imagination to work, your ideas to struggle & thrive, your connections to be made.

Nolan's approach is extreme, but in our world of abundant information, I think it's very much worth thinking about.

[Steven Johnson @stevenbjohnson]

How to do school with NotebookLM:

1. Record audio from class on your phone
2. Keep laptop closed. Just jot down short phrases to describe most important points
3. Upload audio and PDF scan of notes to NotebookLM
4. Ask Notebook to expand your notes with details from recording

Bonus: at the end of the week, create an Audio Overview from all your class summaries to review the most important concepts in podcast format.

(As of this morning, NotebookLM now supports audio files--and YouTube videos--as sources. And we've added easy sharing tools for Audio Overviews.)

https://t.co/6hhNSzBKOZ

[Alex Bane @Alex1Bane]

'To The Man With A Hammer, Every Problem Tends To Look Like A Nail' - Charlie Munger

[Alex Bane @Alex1Bane]

Here is a super helpful heuristic for curating your X feed.

Ask yourself, ‘Would Charlie Munger like this tweet or mute it?’

[Alex Bane @Alex1Bane]

We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side.

— Charlie Munger

[Alex Bane @Alex1Bane]

For the first time in history, you can build a second brain.

Now, decide wisely where to focus your biological one.