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[Tom Moor @tommoor]

Wait, there are people that _dont_ do this?

[MindArch @mindarchx]

Ian Ball, the game theory legend who conquered unpredictability itself:

"The moment I understood why randomizing on purpose beats picking the smartest move every time, in a genuinely adversarial trade, it changed everything about how I size risk, and I can show you exactly why the math forces that conclusion."

this is the exact mathematical proof behind why unpredictability itself can be the correct, calculated choice, not a lack of one.

cut through the theory and the logic is precise. in a genuinely adversarial situation, any fixed rule can eventually be studied and countered.

the only stable solution, the one neither side can improve on by switching approach, requires randomizing across options in specific proportions, not picking whatever feels cleverest in the moment.

that's not a philosophical point about being unpredictable for its own sake. it's a provable mathematical requirement, the equilibrium simply doesn't exist any other way once both sides are genuinely trying to outguess each other.

most people assume the smartest move in a competitive situation is finding the single best option, without realizing that in genuinely adversarial settings, the smartest move is often refusing to have a single best option at all.

zoom out to how this plays out sizing or timing trades against a counterparty who's actively trying to read your pattern on a desk today.

any consistent, deterministic rule for entering or exiting positions can eventually be studied and exploited by a sophisticated counterparty, and the only genuinely stable approach requires randomizing in the correct proportions, not just picking whichever option looks smartest at the time.

this is exactly what "I have a clear, consistent strategy" confidence skips. having a fixed strategy and having an unexploitable one are different claims, and in a genuinely adversarial market, only the second one survives contact with someone actually trying to predict you.

the winning strategy was never a single clever choice. it was refusing to let a single choice exist at all.

Bookmark this alpha and follow @mindarchx for more gems.

[Edward A. Perin - Psychologist @DoctorPerin]

More therapists should read this

[Startup Wisdom @StartupWisdom_]

Steve Jobs on how to design great products:

[The Sigma Mindset @thesigmamindset]

Don't blame a clown for acting like a clown, Ask yourself why you keep going to the circus.

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

Mark Fisher was right. Smartphones are a kind of portal into cyberspace.

I've always been fond of Fisher's essay "Touchscreen Capture". It's very Baudrillard. There's no longer a spectacle imposed from outside. The spectacle is now internal, it constantly demands an active response from us, our playful participation as subjects.

No one chooses to enter cyberspace anymore, we choose to leave it.

Baudrillard had already described a "culture of tactile communication," a festival of stimuli and miniaturised tests. That's the thread Fisher picks up when he links it to the rise of the touchscreen.

[Ryan Lowe @ryan_t_lowe]

thinking of this heartbreaking essay written by a mathematician last week, before this most recent news dropped

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

Martin Heidegger on technology and philosophy, in conversation with a Buddhist monk.

[Joseph Tsar @joseph_tsar_]

Full Course on How To Communicate Brilliantly (by Joseph Tsar)

[George Ferman @Helios_Movement]

Unless your parents taught/showed you how to have:
-Elite relationships
-Elite health
-Elite wealth
-Elite psychology
You will have to spend a few years figuring each one out.

"It takes a lot of time".
Yeah, but the alternative is much more uncomfortable.

It's hell on earth.

You can't have a good life experience with a shitty mindset, shitty relationships, shitty health, shitty finances etc

[MindBranches @MindBranches]

How to articulate yourself intelligently

article summary in 4k light & dark

[pink @iJaadee]

I know a girl who's been telling people to do this for 2 years

[𝗘𝗟🐕⚒️👁️⃤ @MasterNumber]

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What else?

[vaishali🪬 @vaishalivt_]

how to become your most productive self by regulating your nervous system:

- stop treating urgency like importance. your best work rarely comes from panic.
- build your mornings around calm, not cortisol. don’t let notifications decide your mood.
- if your brain feels scattered, your body probably does too. walk, breathe, stretch, then work.
- work in focused sprints, then fully recover. recovery isn’t procrastination, it’s fuel.
- stop consuming before creating. protect your attention before you spend it.
- boredom is where deep work begins. don’t reach for your phone every quiet moment.

[John Cocktosen @indiewhacker]

If you haven't studied the barnum effect and cold reading, you are not a serious copywriter.

The skill of perceived personalization is a weapon that will level up your writing exponentially

[𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 @eagleseyeinc]

machiavelli 7 laws of getting rich;

1. stop worshipping justice
2. get close to power
3. depend on your own arms
4. own a game
5. master incentives
6. protect your reputation
7. stay in the game

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[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

“Study microeconomics, game theory, psychology, persuasion, mathematics, and computers.”

— @naval