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Aditya Ganguly MBBS MD II Internist

@AdiG1993

Its a beautiful Monday morning and its also time for a reality check.

The vast majority of all media that humans consume are focused on the small percentage of winners.

Nobody thinks about the ones who have lost.

This is called survivorship bias.

Its statistically unlikely that you will be a winner even if you work hard or make all the right moves.

Many situations in life are zero sum games

My job here is not to demotivate you.

I am only the devil's advocate here.

A lot of 'inspiration' on social media is a marketing ploy which must be balanced with reality --> this is true for every sphere of life.

You will not be a winner always --> make your peace with this.

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Nicholas A. Christakis

@NAChristakis

A systematic study of a complete sample of 20 shipwrecks (that involved >19 people stranded for >2 months) out of >9,000 wrecks between 1500AD and 1900AD reveals crucial factors in social order relevant to survival. amazon.com/Blueprint-Evol… #BLUEPRINTbook

Crucial factors in surviving shipwrecks in the period 1500-1900AD?

No alcohol in the salvage.
Ability to make a bellows.

But, most important:
Ability to cooperate.
Ability to teach each other things.
And mild hierarchy.

#BLUEPRINTbook

In 1864, two ships wrecked on opposite ends of Auckland Island, near Antarctica -- in a riveting natural experiment. The Grafton crew survived, even thrived, and the Invercauld crew fell upon itself (nearly all died). Learn why in #BLUEPRINTbook