Forrest Hanson

Host of Being Well. Co-author of Resilient.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

I struggle to imagine a worse measure of reading than books per year.

[lia @httplec]

quick question how many books have you read so far this year

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@berrychowder @fwtospatho I'm honestly curious, what books are you reading in two days period, let alone with two kids?

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

John might get arrested before you even get in the ring.

[Nicolas Perez @PerezNicolasLol]

Ok l'embrouille du soir sur discord.
C'est plus facile de :
1) Gagner un 1v1 au basket contre Victor Wembanyama
2) Gagner un tour de F1 vs Hamilton
3) Gagner une game d'echec vs Magnus Carlsen
4) Gagner un round vs Jon Jones en MMA

Je veux des arguments

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@TaylorLorenz @mattyglesias @StephenKentX Distinguishing between "actual" well being and "subjective" well being in this context seems silly.

If I'm "subjectively" happier, and we're tracking my happiness...aren't I just happier?

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@JoshEberley 7'6" gobert with KD's handle

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@NateSilver538 "Trying to kill political opponents bad" seems like a pretty reasonable take.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@mattyglesias This is...unsurprising.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@minakimes People are desperate to think they're smarter than the people who work in the league 🤷‍♂️

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@notthreadguy We eating good

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@Mortdog Any thoughts on the general "only two real four cost tanks is rough" sentiment?

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@Nate_Tice As a niners fan Young over Montana is kinda wild.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

Can people really read this and not immediately tell it's AI text?

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

She accidentally described one of the most replicated findings in behavioral psychology.

Harvard and Duke researchers found in 2011 that people value things they build themselves 63% higher than identical pre-assembled versions. They called it the IKEA effect. Labor alone, even assembling a standardized box from instructions, is enough to make people overvalue their own creations.

Gardening runs this effect at full intensity. You chose the seeds. You dug the holes. You watered daily. By harvest, your brain has priced that tomato at roughly 10x grocery store rates, and the math feels completely justified.

Now stack Kahneman and Tversky's loss aversion on top. Losses register at approximately 2x the emotional intensity of equivalent gains. One of the most replicated findings in behavioral economics.

So the aphid eating her garden is triggering both simultaneously. She built something her brain values at 163% of objective worth. She's watching it get destroyed in real time. Her nervous system is processing that destruction at double intensity.

The grocery store tomato being out of stock? Mild annoyance. Zero labor investment means zero IKEA effect, means proportional emotional response.

The garden tomato carries months of accumulated effort justification. The aphid isn't eating a $4 tomato. Her brain priced it at $40 and is processing the loss at $80.

Gardening is the only common hobby that combines the IKEA effect, loss aversion, and a live adversary that reproduces faster than you can respond.

The violence tracks.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@devahaz If you're looking for ideological consistency you've come to the wrong place.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

A true lack of introspection.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

It is 100% true that great men and women of the past were not sitting around moaning about their feelings. I regret nothing.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

Every billionaire is a weirdo.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Billionaire Marc Andreessen says he has "zero" introspection, and that the idea itself is a modern invention.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@mnolangray This person has posted 700000 tweets since starting the account. They have a touching grass problem.

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@evanhill Isn't this basically a reading test dressed up as an AI test? Of course the average person is going to prefer simpler text - the average person barely reads!

[Forrest Hanson @forrhanson]

@hacksoomf Used to just be indie but that words gotten a bit fuzzy

[kat @giordkat]

the internet seems full of 35 year olds who are like “omg i’m so old i hate going out and my back always hurts, go on without me while you’re young and beautiful…” potentially 50 more years of life left and you’re already packing it in