A shepherd boy struggles to follow his dreams. He's consistently presented with challenges and works to overcome them.

Alchemist

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Learning is the process of carving thoughtful patterns into your mind. These become the paths with which intuition races, paving your way to greater complexity. To carve these paths, start with fundamental principles. Use them to build a solid foundation, then expand and refine your repertoire. Keep in touch with the essence of your discipline and leverage personal predispositions.

Art of Learning

Habits trump goals. They're not magical. On the contrary, there are clear, actionable steps that we can use to create the habits we want.

Atomic Habits

Knowledge, as defined by our best explanation, is potentially infinite. For that to be the case, Popperian conditions of continuous conjecture and criticisim are required. Fallibilism is the prerequisite.

Beginning of Infinity

Business Adventures

Dream Machine

To run a successful small business, one must balance the roles of technician, entrepeneur, and manager. Many people overindex on the role of technician.

E-Myth Revisited

When asked to explain our behavior, our reasons and motives often don't match up. Because it's advantageous to hide our motives from others, we also do so from ourself. When we fail to acknowledge this, especially on an institutional level, problems can arise.

The Elephant in the Brain

The Extended Phenotype

Reading is a skill like any other. More demanding readers are able to muster more energy and better habits.

How to Read a Book

Low-cost index funds should be the go-to approach for most retail investors.

Little Book of Common Sense Investing

Many subjects are hard to learn because they aren't accessible or relevant in our everyday experience. Computers and simple programming languages can be a powerful means of doing so. Beyond providing inroads to certain subjects, programming can also be a tool to learn how to learn more effectively.

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