William

My Second Brain.

[BONESAW 🕊️ @BonesawMD]

Once you reach a certain level of consciousness it becomes impossible to tolerate working a job.

It requires a deliberate self-numbing to endure the nonsense, performance, and office politics required to keep it.

Your first taste of freedom will make you unemployable.

[Jonatan Pallesen @jonatanpallesen]

Incredibly, the placebo effect is (mostly) not real.

It is a result of statistical confusion. Whenever you have a group with extreme values, they tend to exhibit regression to the mean. Eg. on average, sick people tend to become more healthy over time.

Thus if you give one group medicine, and one group placebo, the placebo group will also tend to get better over time, because of regression to the mean.

People have then misinterpreted this to think that it is the placebo pill that actively does this.

If you want to demonstrate a placebo effect, you have to construct a study where there are three groups:
• A. treatment
• B. placebo
• C. no treatment, no placebo

If B and C get different outcomes, that would demonstrate a placebo effect.

When this has been tried, mainly there has been no provable placebo effect. See the paper in the screenshot. (There is some evidence for an effect for pain, but this get's into a slightly different debate.)

The fact that the placebo effect is mainly not real, fortunately frees us from having to come up with convoluted explanations, as to why the placebo effect would work even when we tell the patient that it is a placebo, as in the quoted tweet.

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

Every industry or workplace has someone who says “they’re not playing the game” to seem cool and rebellious but the truth is we all have to play a game. You don’t get to opt out, you only get to choose which game you want to play and how good you want to get at it

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

Einstein once said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” That’s why I think all business concepts could and should be explained with a lemonade stand

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

“You’ve been working so hard, you need a break.”

I don’t think you understand.

Yes, this is the hardest thing I’ve done in my life, but I don’t want to be doing anything else.

Work is play when you’d rather be “working” than sipping coconuts in the beach.

[William @WilliamColgrave]

@taimurabdaal Ordinary Men - Christopher Browning

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

“'Men have to work twice as hard as their grandfathers to get a woman half as good as their grandmother' may well be true, but they don’t make men like their grandfathers anymore either" https://t.co/AMyAbLA0ak

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

The average 22yo man today has the testosterone of a 67yo man in 2000. He's a geriatric while still in his prime.

There's a long list of causes of this disaster. Soy, chemicals, safetyism, fake stress, Marvel movies, etc.

Now another: sex with women on the Pill!

[Daniel Vassallo @dvassallo]

Being an anon on twitter signals you’re a coward.

It doesn’t mean you’re actually a coward, but the only reason to be anon is fear of consequences (lack of courage).

You could certainly earn enough trust to compensate for that insulation, but you’d always start with a handicap.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Nothing happens, then everything happens.

[michael @paik_michael]

these are the type of guys who are building the things that maintain a cutting edge and functional society

so much grind and dedication

you think you’re better than them because you bench more and own a 5 fig/mo business

humanity dies when compassion and common sense are lost

[William @WilliamColgrave]

@coookwithchris https://t.co/dRfMFHL6V0

[William @WilliamColgrave]

The Importance of Salt
...and why you need more of it!

What if this essential micro-nutrient ISN'T the evil white powder we perceive it to be?

a belated THREAD 🧵

[William @WilliamColgrave]

You need more salt in your diet

Here's why:

- Reduces fatigue
- Increases cognitive function
- Lowers risk of death and cardiovascular events
- Lower aldosterone
- Reduced inflammation

Supplement where necessary.

[William @WilliamColgrave]

The importance of sleep starts outside the bedroom:

- View sunlight first thing in the morning for 10-30 mins
- Cold exposure in the morning, shower or ice-bath
- Delay caffeine at least 90 mins after waking
- No blue light after 10pm
- Hot bath or shower at night

Sleep Well.

[William @WilliamColgrave]

Engage.

Look through the list and see what is atop of your hierarchy of importance.

[William @WilliamColgrave]

Your day to day is swarmed with information - stop trying to remember everything.

Focus on David Allen's 5 key principles:

- Capture
- Clarify
- Organise
- Reflect
- Engage

Getting Things Done.

[William @WilliamColgrave]

Reflect.

Review the information weekly or monthly.