1. Chimps Are Savage: “Sometimes after winning a battle, the chimps who won will eat their dead enemies” (Jane Goodall)
2. What the Fed Really Is: “The Federal Reserve has only one purpose, to keep the rich, rich. The Fed is not a bank, it’s a cartel owned by the richest guys on Earth”. (Robert Kiyosaki)
3. How Societies Fail: “Once a society is really successful, it runs out of enemies to challenge it, it runs out of fears to motivate it, and it gets older” (Ross Douthat)
4. Best Book to Mentally Survive Quarantine: Awareness, by Anthony Da Mello. Tim has read it 10 times (Tim Ferriss)
5. Self Reflection: ““Nobody’s ever taught you how to reflect…very few people ever sit down in life and say where do you want to go?” (Shane Parrish)
6. ALT How to Work From Home: Nobody want to do a video call, not really. Reserve video for larger meetings with people who don’t know each other well. Otherwise, audio is fine and better for everyone. (Hiten Shah)
7. Education: “The best teachers aren’t in colleges, the best teachers are on Youtube. Teachers don’t know shit…I don’t think school teaches you much”” (Robert Kiyosaki)
8. Starting A Career: “Doing what you love isn’t a viable strategy. Find things you love doing, that are viable in a new economy, and that won’t get automated away – Double down on those things. Also, skilled labor (welders, plumbers, electricians, etc.) will stay in demand (Alexis O’Hanian)
9. Internet Relationships: “What I think is so interesting about personalities on the internet is, first of all, those relationships are deep. When people have their favorite person on the internet, especially with YouTube and video, those relationships are real and they’re raw.” (David Perell)
10. What Matters In Media: People pay for premium content for the content itself and connection to the creator, not for studio lighting and animations (Erika Nardini)
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