how to reach equilibrium homeostasis as an individual, breath work, consistent sleeping, positive diet, motion upkeep relationships with family/friends, necessary for identity and belongingness share joy/love through hobbies, singing dancing etc how to optimize "life", repeat the above but also creatively think of how you can apply your skills to be useful and create something valuable to the world that either helps or inspires people life is far simpler than modern society has projected it to be for some reason humans need to feel understood, must be an evolutionary reason-- most of our extreme emotions arise from an evolutionary reason dont overcomplicate your life, anything you feel millions of other people feel it and we used to be cavemen so the reason you feel it is quite evolutionary

network effects make companies more powerful. I’m always thinking about how to introduce them in places people wouldn’t expect. It’s a kind of challenges that feel like a massage to my brain.

Something peripheral to the main product becomes the main product. The history of startups is full of these.

We’re taught that if we’re not growing, we’re falling behind. Careers must advance, businesses must expand, and anything that levels off starts to look irrelevant. Something can stop expanding without losing its value, like Latin. When cells grow uncontrollably, we call it cancer. It’s cancerous to crave constant growth without considering its cost (unless its reasoning tokens). It’s cancerous to confuse bigger numbers with better lives. It’s cancerous to call stability stagnation. Economists recognize that stability allows people to plan, and sometimes a plateau is an achievement in itself. And sometimes progress moves backward. In forests adapted to fire, burning away accumulated vegetation can create the conditions for renewal. There is less standing afterward, yet the ecosystem can become healthier.