Levi

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[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Jeff Bezos reveals why compromise is one of the worst ways to resolve a disagreement

"An example of a really bad way of coming to agreement is compromise. If I say the ceiling is 11 feet and you say 12 feet, we say let's call it 11 and a half. That's compromise"

"The advantage of compromise is it's low energy. But it doesn't lead to truth"

"Another really bad resolution mechanism is who's more stubborn. Two executives disagree, they have a war of attrition, and whichever one gets exhausted first capitulates. You haven't arrived at truth, and this is very demoralizing"

"Escalation is better than a war of attrition. Escalate to your boss and say, we can't agree, we like each other, we're respectful, but we strongly disagree, we need you to make a decision"

"Exhausting the other person is not truth seeking. Compromise is not truth seeking"

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

Yes, the United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.

[Levi @levi_thots]

@NWSFortWorth When will the storms hit dfw?

[Levi @levi_thots]

@annadotfun I was refining a prompt too much a few days ago and couldn’t stop dreaming about it 😂

[Rep. Keith Self @RepKeithSelf]

Some of us in the House tried to defeat this Orwellian automobile kill-switch.

57 “Republicans” teamed up with 211 Democrats to stop us.

[Levi @levi_thots]

If you don’t have a mission in this life you are rudderless. If you go to a job and just clock in and clock out I’m willing to bet you’re leaving money on the table. You spend your life working and have no pride in it? We are what we repeatedly do, so fight for something.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

MrBeast keeps going on podcasts and keeps giving away the entire YouTube playbook. Here’s what he’s said across dozens of appearances.

On the algorithm: it doesn’t exist. Replace “algorithm” with “audience” every time. The algorithm didn’t like your video. No. The audience didn’t. YouTube is a mirror. If people click and watch, it gets promoted. The growth hack industry sells you a god that isn’t there.

On what actually matters: studying humans. The checklist before you hit record. What’s the thumbnail. What’s the title. What’s the first 5 seconds. What’s the first 30. If you can’t answer all four, don’t film.

On titles: under 50 characters. Above that, devices cut them with dot-dot-dot and viewers don’t know what they clicked. Short, simple, so interesting it’ll haunt them if they don’t click.

On thumbnails: simple enough a scrolling viewer instantly understands and feels emotion. His test: “I rode a skateboard with 1,000 other people, it’s about to go off a big ramp.” Hours later, daydreaming, you still wonder what happened to those 1,000 people.

On autoplay: videos autoplay now. Many people never see the thumbnail. You have to visually convince them in the first 5 seconds.

On extremity: “Fiji water sucks” does fine. “Fiji water is the worst water I’ve ever drunk in my life” does way better. The more extreme the promise, the more extreme the delivery has to be.

On matching expectations: title and thumbnail set the promise. The first 10 seconds honor it or break it. Click “Tether is a scam” and the creator starts on anything else, you’re out. Start with “Tether is a scam and I’m gonna teach you why.” Match, then exceed. The thing people undervalue most is literally the first 10 seconds.

On retention: remove every dull moment. Find 10 critical people, make them watch, let them roast it. Ten seconds of talking head without a cut loses people. B-cam three seconds in, different angle, now it’s interesting.

On drop-off: creators drag it out. “I’m going to eat $100 ice cream, but first…” and then it’s them birthday shopping for their mom. Give them why they clicked. Tell them why to watch. Stay on topic. Upper echelon of YouTube.

On the real metric: it’s the next video. If they loved what they just watched, they watch your next one. You don’t want “that was good, but enough for the day.” You want “holy crap, what’s that?” and they watch 10 in a row.

On quality vs quantity: easier to get 5M views on one video than 50K on 100. Small creators post stuff that isn’t bad but isn’t great, nothing pops off, no audience forms. Upload a third or a fifth as often and make each one so good the algorithm has to promote it.

On the consistency trap: a schedule you can’t hit at quality is dangerous. “Monday I said I’d upload” floors your quality at exactly the level viewers notice. They watch less. Longevity suffers.

On the first 100: they’re going to suck. You think they’re good. They’re not. When he was 14 he thought his videos were the best in the world. They were terrible. Under 1,000 subscribers, your videos probably aren’t good yet.

On the improvement loop: ship 100, improve one thing each time. Second, better script. Third, new editing trick. Fourth, vocal inflections. Fifth, thumbnail. Sixth, title. No such thing as a perfect video.

On analysis paralysis: planning your first video for three months is the worst move. Your first 10 get zero views. Confirmed. Stop thinking, start shipping. On your 101st we’ll talk.

On the ceiling: “I could start a new channel tomorrow without my face, my voice, or promoting it, and hit 20M subscribers in six months. If you knew what I knew, you could get 10M from wherever you are.”

Every creator watching a 30-second clip thinks they got the tip. They got one tile from a mosaic he’s built in public for years.

[Levi @levi_thots]

@NWSSanAntonio Hail?

[THE MMA GURU @THATBOYMMAGURU]

"I had mercy"

Prochazka the pain that you have brought me this night is immeasurable

You got blessed to win your belt in a free way if you just pounded on Ulberg when he was down helpless

but no, you let him up, say no to winning that way & chuck yourself into a hook #UFC327

[Nathan @rollupceo]

https://t.co/wBJqdV6PXP

[Levi @levi_thots]

It is a man’s responsibility to work hard and provide.

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

What is the biggest lesson you learned from your father growing up?

Share 👇🏽

[Levi @levi_thots]

It’s time to bring PE wins to everyone!

[Mikli @CryptoMikli]

Bryan Johnson reveals a 15-second call method that strengthened his relationships with friends

“I appreciate this model of friendship so much because before I was stuck in the idea of ‘do you want to hang out?’ where it becomes a big deal and you spend a lot of hours together. Versus just calling and saying, ‘What’s up, how are you doing?’ You can answer because you know I’m not going to be on the phone for 20 minutes”

“I became friends with this person who is very powerful and rich. He would call me and say something like, ‘Brian,’ make a quick statement, I’d respond, and then he’d say, ‘Alright man, I love you, see you.’ And that was amazing. It was so clean and it felt really good. We did that for a couple of months and built this amazing friendship”

[Levi @levi_thots]

@NWSSanAntonio Any hail?

[Levi @levi_thots]

The score settles itself.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

Marc Andressen on his "barbell strategy" for reading habits.

- real-time news on X or books older than 50 years.
- He ignores newspapers and magazines.
- He finds practitioner-led newsletters to be a superior, underrated resource.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Chris Williamson & Mark Manson drop a brutal wake-up call:

Adults don't exist.

- Steve Jobs delayed pancreatic cancer treatment for carrot juice & acupuncture

- Mozart died broke, begging friends for money

- Nietzsche caught syphilis in a brothel, sold only ~300 books in his lifetime

- MLK had 40+ extramarital affairs, attacked a woman, spent his last night with two women

- Newton wasted 30 years on alchemy pseudoscience (hidden by embarrassed heirs)

George Mack's essay hits hard: The "degen" kids from university who couldn't get up on time or finish assignments... grew up to become your teachers.

It's idiots all the way down.

No one's coming to save you. The adults aren't real. Stop waiting for them.

Kill your gurus. Stop pedestalizing. Start owning your own life.

Who was the biggest "adult" you realized was just winging it too?

[Nathan Diaz @NateDiaz209]

Boring Mother Fuckers

[THE MMA GURU @THATBOYMMAGURU]

Loving this fight but this isn't what the BMF title is about #UFC326

Someone's got to say it