Peter Katarov

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Introducing Starbase, Louisiana – a high-cadence launch site that will enable Starship to open a pathway to the stars for humanity.

Thank you to @LAGovJeffLandry and the great people of Louisiana for all of their support as we work together on this audacious project → https://t.co/zGKVOGSxfW

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

It’s only been 2 days since OpenAI revealed GPT-4o.

Users are uncovering incredible capabilities that completely change how we use and interact with AI.

The 12 most impressive use cases so far:

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Full stack of Flight 4 Starship

[George Mack @george__mack]

Underrated skill in 2024: Strategic Ignorance

In a world of infinite information, strategic ignorance has never been more valuable.

Every minute, 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube

Every day, 500 million tweets are uploaded to X

Every year, 67 million people die

The truth: The 24 hours allotted to you each day isn't even capable of consuming 0.0000001% of the world's events.

Fun hack:

When people mock you for not having an opinion on the new current thing: Start asking them about the current situation in Djibouti, Jezekstan and Eswatini.

You will not only reveal they aren't up to date on the current situation: They didn't even know those countries existed.

Note: Djibouti and Eswatini are real countries. Jezekstan is a country I made up. It's a fun way of testing if they will pretend to know about a made up country.

This test shows they don't actually care about ignorance -- it's just a proxy for shame and control about the new current thing.

When you look at the total world events that day -- we are all ignorant.

The good news is that there's different settings available in the ignorance video game: Low agency ignorance and High agency Ignorance.

1. Low Agency Ignorance

Low agency ignorance passively downloads the loudest voice on the news or For You algorithms.

It's an infinite abyss that never ends. "I don't know" is a sign of weakness.

Low agency ignorance may appear selfless, but in the pursuit of trying to keep on top of everything, it keeps on top of nothing.

2. High Agency Ignorance

High agency ignorance is strategic.

It is aware that attention is the scarcest asset in the age of information abundance.

High agency ignorance proactively seeks information from high value sources. It has firewalls against passive consumption of the world's worst events or social media drama.

"I don't know" is a sign of strength. High agency ignorance may appear selfish, but in the pursuit of strategic focus, it can actually have impact on something.

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Choose your character:

We are all in the ignorance gutter, but some are strategically looking at the stars.

Some are unstrategically getting angry about the worst event that happened today -- which they won't even remember one year from now.

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[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

Jupiter from the James Webb Space Telescope

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Tony Robbins believes that, in a lowered emotional state, we only see the problems, not solutions.

Let’s say you wake up feeling tired and overwhelmed. You sit down to brainstorm strategies to solve your issues, but it comes to naught, and you feel even worse afterward. This is because you started in a negative state, then attempted strategy but didn’t succeed (due to tunnel vision on the problems), and then likely told yourself self-defeating stories (e.g., “I always do this. Why am I so wound up I can’t even think straight?”).

To fix this, he encourages you to “prime” your state first. The biochemistry will help you proactively tell yourself an enabling story. Only then do you think on strategy, as you’ll see the options instead of dead ends.

“Priming” my state is often as simple as doing 5 to 10 push-ups or getting 20 minutes of sun exposure.

I often ask myself, “Is this really a problem I need to think my way out of? Or is it possible I just need to fix my biochemistry?” I’ve wasted a lot of time journaling on “problems” when I just needed to eat breakfast sooner, do 10 push-ups, or get an extra hour of sleep.

Sometimes, you think you have to figure out your life’s purpose, but you really just need some macadamia nuts and a cold fucking shower.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Whoa, I just realized that raising a kid is basically 18 years of prompt engineering 🤯

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"The modern devil is cheap dopamine."

@naval

[DR22 Ω 🪬🎭 @DejaRu22]

Uh-oh!

Did I catch you mindlessly scrolling?

Focus on the mission, soldier

Don’t get distracted. The world needs you.

[prayingforexits 🏴‍☠️ @mrexits]

This video showing the evolution of art through history is hands down one of the best things I've seen yet from Artificial Intelligence.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

What starts as an excuse can easily become a habit.

Don't let a bad day become a lifestyle.

[jim @jimtalbot]

@insilicobunker what to do today?

[How Things Are Manufactured @fastworkers6]

How to relieve the tiredness of the day ⬇️

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Toyota LandCruiser 80👏

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship 24 and Booster 7 fully stacked on the orbital launch pad at Starbase

[Meowed @Meowed]

Sometimes human should learn from cats

#meowed #TheMeowedClub

[HOW THINGS WORK @HowThingsWork_]

How the Dutch build a tunnel under a highway in one weekend