There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild.
He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed.
When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them.
Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate.
The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions.
Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement.
The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean.
That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.
“You have no light at the airport, and I have to fly back within the next 10 minutes. To the victims, there's nothing I can give you, whether it's money in millions, but console you and promise you that this experience will not repeat itself."
— Tinubu tells bereaved families in Jos.
Last night I decided to buy every single item on this receipt from 2020. To find out how bad things really are .
Total price in 2020 - N25,225
Total price in 2026 - N147,050
A whopping 582% increase in price . If your salary in 2020 has not increased by x6 you are poorer 😭
Made over $1500+(from fees) playing around with a product I was trying to build using SpeedRun by @Covalent_HQ
I was trying to build sumn and launch token at the same time using SpeedRun then I also used Clanker since it's integrated
Created a token on @clankeronbase (not gonna be shilling) then went back to trying to create on SpeedRun
BTW Clanker is seamless and super easy to use
Didn't buy the token btw since I wasn't planning to rug anyone, it was for experimental purposes and putting skin in the game
People that bought and sold made money
ATH was 121k+ mcap
Currently at 78k
Genuinely excited because it was just sumn test I was doing and prolly nice ticker
Might make a tweet later on how to deploy but it's super easy to use
(The video was me trying to create the product before I took a break)