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1/ Mike Tyson was Never Fearless: “When I start talking about the baddest man since the creation of God and all that, that’s that insecurity, that’s a little scared boy. I want everyone to be afraid and stay away from me.” – Mike Tyson
2/ Why Did Iron Mike Get Back into Boxing? Mike has done the toad 16 times. The last time he did it, he felt he had to get back into fighting and that’s why he ended up fighting Roy Jones Jr. – Mike Tyson
3/ What Women Want (and Always Have): Men with: Adam Lane Smith @TheBrometheus
- Social skills – leader of the tribe
- Good emotional intimacy
- Problem solvers – not wimpy
- Decisive but not brutal
- Physically fit
4/ Social Science Was Never “Science”: “If you’re getting a degree in social science, I’m sorry to tell you that you’re just getting a degree in politics which is probably a pretty worthless degree” – Naval Ravikant
5/ Individuals > Institutions: “The internet is destroying institutions and replacing them with individuals” – Naval Ravikant
Health
6/ Male vs. Female Depression: Men need a purpose, something they can control, to avoid depression. Female depression comes from not feeling loved or feeling useless to the people they love – Adam Lane Smith @TheBrometheus
7/ Systems Over Willpower: “The fight to be healthy and fit is not in the kitchen, it is in the grocery store” - Harsh Strongman (@lifemathmoney)
8/ When A Calorie NOT A Calorie: Emulsifiers in highly processed foods shut down Cholecystokinin (CCK) and turn off recognition of satiety – Dr. Andrew Huberman
- Highly processed foods increase weight gain, disrupt lining of gut, and disrupt hormonal and neural systems that increase desire to eat
9/ Seriously, Stop Mouth Breathing: Nasal breathing is cosmetically optimal for features of the mouth and jaw, and more importantly dilates sinuses, improves lung capacity, and reduces apnea in sleep – Dr. Andrew Huberman
10/ It’s Not Sympathy Weight Gain: Weight gain in men with pregnant partners is not sympathy – it’s due to reduced testosterone and cortisol plus increased estradiol and prolactin – Dr. Andrew Huberman
11/ Our Cops Are Absurdly Under-Trained, That is the Crisis: The average police officer in California receives four hours of arrest and control training every two years. Only one of those hours is physical control tactics. - Rener Gracie (@RenerGracie) is the eldest grandson of Grandmaster Helio Gracie, the creator of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
- Jiu-jitsu levels the playing field among people of different sizes and neutralizes violence – without using violence
Wealth
12/ If Your English Isn’t Great, It’s Massively Holding You Back: “No matter how smart you are, if you speak broken English people tend to assume you’re an idiot” - Harsh Strongman (@lifemathmoney)
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