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High Signal AI

@HighSignal_AI

Sep 7, 2025

In 2004, Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoints at Amazon.

No slides. No bullet points. No charts.

Instead, every meeting starts with a 6-page written memo.

The reason?

Bezos thought in second-order effects and it built a trillion-dollar empire: 🧵

In most companies, meetings = slide decks.

Bullets. Charts. Talking points.

Everyone nods; nobody thinks deeply.

Bezos realized this killed rigor.

PowerPoints oversimplify. They hide assumptions.

And they encourage charisma > clarity.

So in 2004, Bezos issued a rule: No more slide decks.

Every meeting starts with a narrative memo, max 6 pages.

Teams sit in silence for 20–30 minutes reading it before discussion begins.

It forces writing → which forces thinking.

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High Signal AI

@HighSignal_AI

Aug 25, 2025

Elon Musk built rockets for 2% of NASA’s cost.

Jeff Bezos built the fastest supply chain in history.

Both use a 2,300-year-old method to turn “impossible” into reality while everyone else follows the rules.

Here’s how First Principles thinking works (and how to use it):

Most people solve problems by reasoning by analogy.

They look at what’s been done before and make small improvements.

First principles flips that.

You break a problem down to its fundamental truths and then reason up from there, ignoring convention.

Aristotle defined it 2,300 years ago: “A first principle is the first basis from which a thing is known.”

Reasoning by analogy is safe, but it limits innovation.

First Principles Thinking starts with physics-like truths, things you know are real, and ignores everything else.

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High Signal AI

@HighSignal_AI

Aug 14, 2025

Rolls-Royce is the car of kings and billionaires.

But its creator started work at 9, had no formal education, and had just £20 to his name.

Here’s how Henry Royce built the world’s most luxurious car from nothing:

Frederick Henry Royce was born in 1863 in Alwalton, England, the youngest of five children.

His family’s flour mill struggled, and by 1867, they were bankrupt.

Seeking a fresh start, they moved to London, but tragedy struck in 1872 when Royce’s father died.

At nine, he was selling newspapers and delivering telegrams to support his family.

He secured an apprenticeship at the Great Northern Railway Works.

He studied algebra, French & electrical engineering in his free time.

But after 3 years, financial hardship forced him to quit.

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High Signal AI

@HighSignal_AI

Aug 12, 2025

In 1822, Gregor MacGregor pulled off the greatest scam in history.

He invented a fake country, sold 8 million acres of it to investors, and even convinced settlers to move there.

Here’s the unbelievable story of the greatest con artist ever:

History is full of scams, but few can match the audacity of Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish conman who sold an entire fake country to unsuspecting investors in the 1820s.

Born in Scotland in 1786, MacGregor’s early life was steeped in ambition and manipulation.

He bought his way up the ranks of the British Army, using his first wife’s wealth.

After leaving the army, MacGregor fabricated stories about his military service, claiming connections with nobility and exaggerating his achievements.

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High Signal AI

@HighSignal_AI

Aug 11, 2025

The rich don’t hide money. They hide ownership.

The $100M mansion? A shell owns it.
The $500M yacht? A trust in Panama.
The cash? A foundation “hired” them to spend it.

Here’s how the ultra-wealthy erase billions and why no one can stop them:

First, what is a shell company?

A shell company is a legal entity that exists only on paper.

No employees. No operations. No office.

Its job? To hold assets without revealing the true owner.

Perfect for the ultra-rich.

Why use a shell? Because ownership = liability.

With a shell:

• You don’t "earn" the profit, the shell does
• You don’t "exist" on the paperwork, a proxy does
• You don’t "own" the mansion, the company does

You control the assets, but your name disappears.

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High Signal AI

@HighSignal_AI

Aug 7, 2025

Elon Musk builds cars and rockets.

Jeff Bezos built the world’s fastest supply chain.

Their secret?

They think from first principles: a 2,300-year-old method that turns “impossible” into reality.

Here’s how it works (and how you can use it):