There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild.
He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed.
When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them.
Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate.
The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions.
Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement.
The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean.
That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.
Baca komen di MV Sal Priadi
“Untuk seluruh anak,
jika bapakmu gak judi online, gak merokok, gak gila perempuan, gak malas, tapi masih kurang waktu dan uang, percayalah dia sebenarnya sudah berjuang. Hanya nasib dan takdirnya saja yang belum seberuntung itu untuk membahagiakanmu sebagai anaknya dengan uang dan waktu.” 🥹
Christians do not call burial places “necropolises”, that is, “cities of the dead”, but “cemeteries”, which literally means “sleeping places”, places where one rests, awaiting the resurrection.
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.
Semakin gue dewasa semakin paham kenapa dulu di Oprah Show ada lawyer penghasilan milyaran, berhenti dari kerjaannya trus jadi penari, she just quit her job trus jadi penari dengan penghasilan jauh lebih sedikit.
Her reason? She was just tired of everything.
pelajaran penting: kalau misal punya musisi kesayangan, kalau pas konser di Indonesia, kalau memang beneran pengin dan lagunya menyentuh kalbu, gas-in aja dan usahain.
masih gelo dan kagol belum kesampaian nonton Linkin Park, keburu Chester Bennington mangkat. 😭
Oke Gas & joget gemoy adalah produk kesenian; ia mengawinkan lagu, musik & tarian jadi satu. Anda tentu boleh berkata, “Itu cuma kitsch, nggak mutu!” Tapi, produk seni paling “nggak mutu” sekali pun tidak lahir dari ruang hampa.
Tanggapan Ragil Maulana:
https://t.co/eTECKyFfCB
Buat yg kenal sm ownernya Tuku, tolong kasih liat ini. Pesan kopi dengan oatmilk (+ additional charge) bukan cm buat gaya2an. Kok malah masih dicampur susu sapi tanpa ada warning allergen ke customer.
Barusan tlp dan terkonfirmasi memang masih dicampur susu sapi.