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[Naval @naval]

If you do not direct your attention, it will be directed for you.

[Naval @naval]

The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

My sleep scores during recent travel were in the 90s. Now back in SF I am consistently back down to 70s, 80s.

I am increasingly convinced that this is due to traffic noise from a nearby road/intersection where I live - every ~10min, a car, truck, bus, or motorcycle with a very loud engine passes by (some are 10X louder than others). In the later less deep stages of sleep, it is much easier to wake and then much harder to go back to sleep.

More generally I think noise pollution (esp early hours) come at a huge societal cost that is not correctly accounted for. E.g. I wouldn't be too surprised if a single motorcycle riding through a neighborhood at 6am creates millions of dollars in damages in the form of hundreds - thousands of people who are more groggy, more moody, less creative, less energetic for the whole day, and more sick in the long term (cardiovascular, metabolic, cognitive). And I think that many people, like me, might not be aware that this happening for a long time because 1) they don't measure their sleep carefully, and 2) your brain isn't fully conscious when waking and isn't able to make a lasting note / association in that state. I really wish future versions of Whoop (or Oura or etc.) would explicitly track and correlate noise to sleep, and raise this to the population.

It's not just traffic, e.g. in SF, as a I recently found out, it is ok by law to begin arbitrarily loud road work or construction starting 7am. Same for leaf blowers and a number of other ways of getting up to 100dB.

I ran a few Deep Research sessions and a number of studies that have tried to isolate noise and show depressing outcomes for cohorts of people who sleep in noisy environments, with increased risk across all of mental health (e.g. depression, bipolar disorders, Alzheimer's incidence) but also a lot more broadly, e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes.

Anyway, it took me a while to notice and after (unsuccessfully) trying a number of mitigations I am moving somewhere quiet. But from what I've seen this is a major public health issue with little awareness and with incorrect accounting by the government.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"If you cannot decide, the answer is No."

@naval

[chase brandt @chasebrandt_]

@OliverAmes6 The next Woj

[Oliver Ames @OliverAmes6]

Hearing a lot of buzz from former Texas Quarterback Charles Wrights camp that an announcement will become public very soon. Hearing potential that he’s found a home within the Sun Belt conference.

Class of 2021 recruit will have 2 years of eligibility left.

[chase brandt @chasebrandt_]

@PercXhimp5 So original Perc!

[Naval @naval]

Go big, because we all go home.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

If you’re constantly waiting for Friday so you can be happy… I hate to tell you, but what day of the week it is isn’t the problem.

[Eddie Lampkin🎈 @EddieLampkin25]

IM LOCKED IN😤😤😤

[chase brandt @chasebrandt_]

#gofrogs

[chase brandt @chasebrandt_]

@CTE_Cappers Fading sal play 🔒

[Chance The Rapper @chancetherapper]

I wanna go to the moooon. Don’t leave so soon

[Charles Wright @Charleswright_1]

COMMITTED!! #Hookem 🤘🤘

[Justin Reid @JustinqReid]

Every year @espn votes us most likely to have a bad year and every year we make them eat their words. Lol this year will be no different.

[chase brandt @chasebrandt_]

Vote for harrison

[Thomas Jones @ThomasJonesAAS]

After looking at area OLs, who should be a unanimous
@statesman preseason first-team OL when we release our season-preview package in August? If you think it should be someone else, lemme know.

[Charles Wright @Charleswright_1]

Thankful for the offer from The University of Arkansas!

[Harrison Donovan @harrisond60]

After a great conversation with @CoachJones_WL, I am excited to announce that I have received an offer from Washington and Lee University!
@WashandLeeFB

[Charles Wright @Charleswright_1]

After a good conversation with Tim Beck, I am thankful for the offer from NC State. @Coachtimbeck