100 Intellectual Pursuits Every Mind Should Explore Before They Die:
1. Study basic philosophy
2. Learn formal logic
3. Study ancient Greek history
4. Read all Shakespeare plays
5. Learn basic economics
6. Study world history
7. Read Darwin's Evolution theory
8. Study the Roman Empire
9. Learn basic astronomy
10. Read Plato's Republic
11. Study the French Revolution
12. Learn basic psychology
13. Read Freud's key works
14. Study World War 1
15. Study World War 2
16. Learn basic mathematics
17. Study the human brain
18. Read Marx's Communist Manifesto
19. Learn basic coding
20. Study climate change science
21. Read Newton's Principia
22. Study the Renaissance period
23. Learn basic chemistry
24. Study ancient Egypt
25. Read Einstein's relativity theory
26. Study the Cold War
27. Learn a new language
28. Study basic law
29. Read Aristotle's works
30. Study the Ottoman Empire
31. Learn basic biology
32. Study the Industrial Revolution
33. Read Nietzsche's works
34. Study ancient China
35. Learn basic physics
36. Study the American Revolution
37. Read Dostoevsky's major works
38. Study ancient India
39. Learn basic sociology
40. Study the Islamic Golden Age
41. Read Tolstoy's major works
42. Study ancient Greece
43. Learn basic geography
44. Study the British Empire
45. Read Kant's major works
46. Study the Space Race
47. Learn basic medicine
48. Study ancient Rome
49. Read Hemingway's major works
50. Study the Civil Rights Movement
51. Learn basic nutrition science
52. Study the Mongol Empire
53. Read Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
54. Study the Byzantine Empire
55. Learn basic statistics
56. Study the Viking Age
57. Read Dante's Divine Comedy
58. Study the Ming Dynasty
59. Learn basic anthropology
60. Study the Age of Exploration
61. Read Kafka's major works
62. Study the Persian Empire
63. Learn basic neuroscience
64. Study the Mughal Empire
65. Read Orwell's major works
66. Study the Russian Revolution
67. Learn basic genetics
68. Study the Crusades
69. Read Dickens's major works
70. Study the Mexican Revolution
71. Learn basic ecology
72. Study the Aztec civilization
73. Read Voltaire's major works
74. Study the Inca civilization
75. Learn basic architecture
76. Study the Maya civilization
77. Read Rousseau's major works
78. Study the Silk Road history
79. Learn basic art history
80. Study the African empires
81. Read Camus's major works
82. Study the Japanese Empire
83. Learn basic music theory
84. Study the Korean War
85. Read Sartre's major works
86. Study the Vietnam War
87. Learn basic data science
88. Study the Arab Spring
89. Read Confucius's Analects
90. Study the Holocaust history
91. Learn basic quantum physics
92. Study the Cuban Missile Crisis
93. Read Marcus Aurelius's Meditations
94. Study the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
95. Learn basic artificial intelligence
96. Study the future of humanity
97. Read Machiavelli's The Prince
98. Study the American Civil War
99. Learn basic environmental science
100. Study the rise of modern democracy
Opening Twitter immediately after waking up to check the state of the world is basically our generation’s version of our grandfathers reading the newspaper every morning.
8 BANNED BOOKS EVERY MEN SHOULD READ:
1. 1984 by George Orwell.
2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
3. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
4. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
6. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
7. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
8. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson.
Just found out “defenestration” means throwing someone out a window… and guess what the Setswana word for “window” is 😭 Language is one big inside joke.
You’re a man. Every bit of your focus should be on money, purpose, and fixing your life. Who likes you or dislikes you should be none of your business.
5 laws of the universe that are surprisingly accurate:
1. Murphy’s Law
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
2. Kidlin’s Law
If you can write a problem down clearly, you’re already halfway to solving it.
3. Falkland’s Law
When there’s no need to make a decision, don’t force one.
4. Wilson’s Law
Prioritize learning and knowledge, and money will eventually follow.
5. Gilbert’s Law
It’s your responsibility to find the best way to achieve the result you want.