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Time = Money

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

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.

[Brx @bxdev0]

YT Channel for sale:
- 300 euros
- 2K+ subs
- current content not monetizable
- reason for selling: too much work

DM for contact

[Brx @bxdev0]

Best possible outcome happened. So glad these application processes are finally over.

Starting January 5 2026 I'll be a cybersecurity consultant trainee.

[Brx @bxdev0]

Officially been longer unemployed then employed this year.

This whole jobmarket is the biggest scam ever.

[Brx @bxdev0]

@gaurav_mahto18 @Google @GeminiApp @OfficialLoganK @Replit @amasad portfolio

[Brx @bxdev0]

@MichaelSteffenB Had the same when AI Youtube videos where popping up. It's not something for me and doesnt bring any usefull value to the platform!

[Brx @bxdev0]

@GohuTube You should look up what belgium taxes are like haha

[Brx @bxdev0]

@Dearme2_ congratulations on being 5 months unemployed.

[Brx @bxdev0]

@sethfowIer you just reached out to other creators?

[Brx @bxdev0]

@Jackbmeyer fml bro, gotta get a construction job r something

[Brx @bxdev0]

Someone has this for yt?

[Mike Futia @mikefutia]

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[Brx @bxdev0]

@levelsio @WHOOP 100% same problems here

[Brx @bxdev0]

life at 21 feels so much different from 23. biggest factor is due to employment.

Make sure you give yourself a higher purpose in life, goals to work to. Because the coming years will fly like seconds.

Most people are unconsciously waiting to die. Amen.

[Brx @bxdev0]

@anduriltech can't wait on the irl cod montages

[Brx @bxdev0]

@theSebastianSM knowledgable about youtube but i struggle with teams and operations.

doing this for 2+years and biggest channel is about 58K

[Brx @bxdev0]

@primalrobin how to build good teams? still struggling w this

[Brx @bxdev0]

@glproductions @noahmorris @nexlevio because lots of people, including me, struggle to build good teams with quality freelancers, and no people that ghost or deliver bad work