Thomas Rollinger

CEO of Red Rock Capital (quant/systematic commodities firm). Skeptic; proponent of critical thinking, logic, & reason. Former U.S. Marine Officer & 2X Ironman.

[Maya Ajmera @MayaAjmera]

Wonderful to hear from 1949 Science Talent Search alumnus Ed Thorp tonight at #RegeneronSTS! An amazing story and a lot of wisdom for our finalists to think over.

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

@EdwardOThorp is a living legend - I hope they took good notes!

@Society4Science please post the fireside chat with Dr. Thorp.

[Society for Science @Society4Science]

#RegeneronSTS finalists had dinner with a special guest tonight: 1949 Science Talent Search alumnus Ed Thorp!

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

I fully agree

[Travis @AntifragileLGV]

@foundmyfitness @arthurbrooks 100% – I've noticed this a lot in high-performers. Usually it stems from a childhood feeling of not being enough that got channeled into achievement as proof of worth.

Until that wound is seen and healed, every goal is secretly in service of it.

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Agree!

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

Success doesn’t truly make us happier. Why?

Our neurobiology is wired for progress, not arrival. The dopamine system rewards the pursuit. Once a goal is reached, the brain resets and the target moves.

It’s what @arthurbrooks calls the “striver’s curse.” You work relentlessly toward a goal believing it will bring lasting satisfaction, but when you get there, the feeling fades quickly. The trap is thinking the answer is more (more success, money, weight loss, etc).

A better framework: Satisfaction = what you have ÷ what you want.

Most people try to increase the numerator. But the more powerful lever is reducing the denominator (wanting less).

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

I agree but "luck" works both ways. The more exposure you have 2 events, the more exposure u have 2 bad luck, too. So risk has 2 be managed. The more u drive, the greater likelihood you'll get in a car accident. The more 'side hustles' you start, the more risk of losing more $.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

The older you get, the more you realize luck is just exposure.

If you sit in the same chair, same routine, talking to same people… nothing new happens.

You have to touch the world to win.

• Talk to strangers
• try a new coffee spot
• post on social
• Start a side hustle

The world rewards motion.

You don’t find opportunity sitting still.

You bump into it.

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Google my name; def not losing. :-)
It is REALISTIC. I used to think that I could "will" opportunities into happening, etc. That is self-help/motivational book nonsense.
I operate optimistically day to day - but *realistically* i.e. this is not a 'pessimistic" view but realistic.

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

@tomrollinger 😂 this is such a LOSING mentality

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Problem is, by doing that, you increase your surface area for BAD LUCK to "hit" you as well.

Your understanding of luck appears off.

You cannot 'steer' yourself into it; that is not luck.

Check out the book Fluke

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

Going to leave you with this tonight:

The best thing you can do for yourself is actively increase your surface area for luck to hit you.

Go outside, travel more, go to new cafes, museums, events, take a new route home, go for hikes, see cities, countrysides, take your notebook, speak to people, ask questions, start businesses - go on more side quests.

You can literally just do things, and the more you do, the more serendipity and synchronicity will find you.

Night gang.

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Same guy who blew up during the GFC?

[Tiho Brkan @TihoBrkan]

One of my favourite investing quotes comes from Bill Miller:

"Real risk and perceived risk are two different things. People perceive risk to be high when prices are low, and they perceive risk to be low when prices are high. That is the psychological problem that people have."

Bill Miller continues...

"The problem is that real risk and perceived risk are two different things. And that's where people get into trouble, because they perceive risk to be high when prices are low, and they perceive risk to be low when prices are high."

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

I need to vent: as an entrepreneur, the "don't work on the weekends" thing is annoying AF. DO YOU WANT TO SUCCEED OR NOT?

I work any time, any place; I do what I need to to try to achieve greatness. I absolutely cannot stand the "no hear from - no work" for Fri-Sun. Lame. :-)

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

It would be interesting for me to run my Commodity Long-Short Program's returns and see what the results are

[Petar Momchev @momchev12]

We are all rates vol traders

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Yes

[Clint Jarvis @clinjar]

Some people never post photos online.

No selfies. No updates. No “look at me” moments.

In a world built for attention, their silence stands out.

Here’s what psychology says it really means:

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

I'm 'alone' a lot - not lonely though
And def not frightened
#ThinkforYourself

[Hesse Philosophy @HermannHessed]

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”

―Friedrich Nietzsche

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

And the genetics you were born with played a huge part, too. And the environment to which you were born into.

[Jay Yang @Jayyanginspires]

“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Bluntly Put Philosopher (BPP) @SocraticScribe]

Use source energy from three smaller cavities showing the energy of the wave, by color in a resonant circle…pretty wild to see 👀

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

With what Free Will can we trick our brains Dominic? lol

Robert Sapolsky shows what the evidence conveys

[Dr. Dominic Ng @DrDominicNg]

I'm a neuroscientist.

Here's why you can't stop procrastinating - and 7 ways to trick your brain into doing hard things.

[Mo Zarrinsadaf @MoZarrinsadaf]

"The majority of men are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and are not accessible to reason, but only to authority."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Yes!

#Absurdism #AlbertCamus

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.”

— Albert Camus

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Would love to review & inspect the 'evidence'
Also, send it to @skdh for review if she'll do it

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

New Evidence Suggests Your Brain Is NOT the Source of Consciousness 🧠

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman and his research team are reportedly nearing the release of new findings that could fundamentally alter the scientific understanding of human perception.

The research proposes a paradigm shift away from the traditional view that the brain produces consciousness. Instead, Hoffman suggests that consciousness is the primary building block of the universe and that our physical reality is a sophisticated "interface" or simulation generated by conscious agents.
This breakthrough explores the mathematical foundations of the "Interface Theory of Perception," arguing that evolution has prioritized survival over an accurate perception of objective reality.

If proven, the theory would suggest that space, time, and physical objects are not the ultimate truth, but rather a functional representation of a deeper, consciousness-based reality. #ufox #ufotwitter

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

Please let me know when you guys find the place in the brain that produces our Free Will

#Sapolsky #FreeWill

[Sterling Cooley @SterlingCooley]

Even worse - each neuron that contributes to your cognition and consciousness might contain 100,000 Microtubules - each Microtubule Operating at 10,000,000 oscillations per second - and being Quantum photonic memristers

Good luck with the AGI tho

[Thomas Rollinger @tomrollinger]

And 'prosperity' is a proxy for 'education' with regard to this topic.

[Leyla @LeylaKuni]

“Prosperity is the most powerful contraceptive of all”