3/ In this book, I talk about ergodicity in the simplest words possible.
I use practical examples most readers can relate to.
I give strategies to implement the learnings in daily life.
4/ This book does not pretend to be a substitute to more formal manuscripts. It is not.
If you are interested in a formal understanding of ergodicity, you're better off with other resources.
After reading my book, you might want to read them anyway, to complete your knowledge.
5/ However, if you wanted to understand ergodicity and wondered how the new hot topic in economics applies to your life, but didn't want to read anything too technical, this book is for you.
6/ This book does not talk about ergodicity strictly from the economic point of view, though it does cover some basics.
In the style of my other books, it also explores our behavioral adaptations, and gives you practical tools you can use to apply the learnings in your life.
7/ This book is shorter than my last few, hence the reduced price.
You can pre-order it now on gum.co/ergodicity, to get it a full week before anyone else.
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Highlights from today’s Jeff Bezos’ talk in Turin 🇮🇹:
“Advice to young people: go work to a company where you can learn best practices”
I fully agree: it should also apply to politicians, educators, and other high-leverage roles.
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“You can be an entrepreneur within a company; good companies don’t eject mavericks but empower them.”
I add: it’s so important to select a great first job and first boss; it’s sad it’s mostly left to chance, esp. comparing how much time is spent studying and how little interviewing.
2/N
We interviewed @linaashar, founder of Dreamtime Learning, who has very interesting thoughts about education.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“I keep teaching kids about their brains and their behavior in every session. Because if kids can master their brains, their thoughts, their actions, and therefore their behaviors, they're going to be successful. That's a given. But if they master only what is calculus, or what this is and what that is, even though they may get an A+, success is not a given. Because you can master content, but if you have to master yourself, you're lost.”
(link at the bottom; 1/7)
“We do not [as society] design the education system or the learning sessions in the way their brain actually works.”
2/7
“If their whole school time is spent on learning the core curriculum, where is the time for kids to specialize? Where do they get those 10,000 hours that they need to become a specialist? So you have to free up time in the child's day for them to become highly specialized.”
3/7
I recently got a small grant (courtesy of Kanro, Vitalik Buterin's foundation) to produce some educational materials regarding the pandemic response.
These 10 one-pagers are the first batch of educational materials.
Any feedback?
1/10
Some more background about the one-pagers. They are meant for people who are already onboard with the need to properly react to an eventual future pandemic but don't have the vocabulary or examples to explain to others what they can do and why.
2/10
A simple model to understand indoor infection risk
Nothing about graduation rates (literacy rates, yes).
Instead:
– Knowing what matters for society to work well
– Being able to find a value-adding role in society
– Having learned that personal improvement is achievable
Things such as:
– What brings prosperity?
– What did countries that were wealthy and democratic do (or didn't do) that caused them to become poor or totalitarian
Seems banal, but…
2/6
…we only discuss how good it's to be prosperous or democratic without discussing how to get there or how not to fall back to the default state (poverty / absence of rights)
3/6