This post will share the most impactful articles and books that I’ve read in the last 12 months. If you’d like to learn more about how I read, keep track of things, and review highlights, you might enjoy this YouTube video.
Here’s a Very Unusual $10MM Bet…
“I felt like I went through 15 years of psychological therapy in one night.” — Actual patient featured in Trip of Compassion “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.”— William Gibson This post is about my largest bet of 2020. It relates to pain and promise. I’ll start with the pain, …
A Dialogue with Yourself: Past, Present, and Future
When the world—inner or outer—seems upside-down, journaling is often what saves me (here’s a real example). My girlfriend recently found a gem in “The Isolation Journals,” a project by Suleika Jaouad (@suleikajaouad) intended to be “a 30-day creativity project to help make sense of challenging times.” Each day for 30 days, you receive a journaling …
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Emergency Technique: How to Increase Ventilator Capacity 2–4x in 10 Minutes
The next two weeks are going to be very difficult, and the risk of ventilator shortages due to COVID-19 is high. Manufacturing will ultimately help, but it takes time. I’m already aware of one hospital in New York that can no longer provision one “vent” per patient, and demand is likely to grow dramatically over …
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Predicting Hospital Capacity: Why to Act Early, How to Think About Lag Time, and a Model You Can Use
NOTE FROM TIM: The following was written by a close friend who has decades of experience in healthcare systems and advanced training in computer science and healthcare data science. He preferred to publish anonymously to avoid political headaches, so I’ll call him “Felix.” We are publishing this quickly for reasons that will soon be obvious, …
Some Thoughts on Coronaviruses and Seatbelts
“Hope is not a strategy.“ — James Cameron A prescient article titled “Body Count” by Epsilon Theory/Ben Hunt (@epsilontheory) was recently sent to me by one of my smartest and most connected friends. It paints a spooky picture of the Chinese reports of what has been informally referred to as “Wuhan coronavirus.” Per the WHO …
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11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”)
I felt like I somehow needed fame. In retrospect, there was a lot of self-loathing from tough childhood experiences, and I desperately hoped that love from without (i.e., from masses of other people) would somehow make up for hate from within.
The Story of a Curious Phone Call
The below is a true story from Auburn Sandstrom that blew my mind and opened my heart. It is excerpted with permission from All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown. Read the whole thing. Trust me. Take the five minutes and be rewarded. Enter Auburn… The year is 1992, Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’m curled up …
Finding the One Decision That Removes 100 Decisions (or Why I’m Reading No New Books)
Look for single decisions that remove hundreds or thousands of other decisions.
The Best Books and Articles I Read in 2019
2019 was a huge year for me. I rediscovered nature, recommitted to writing, experimented widely, scuttled many things that have weighed on me for years, and greatly improved my overall investing. Most important, I deepened my relationships with my family, my girlfriend, her family, and my closest friends more than in any previous year. 2019 …
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