Finally sharing something that I've been trying to put into words for a while.

This mental model says that our thoughts, knowledge, and real-world experiences have dimensional properties (1D, 2D, and 3D) and can be expressed with simple math and diagrams

cdjarrell.posthaven.com/the-dimensiona… Imagine you started with a number line centered around the number 0. Wherever you are in life (both physically and metaphorically), we'll put you at 0 and call this your "Initial Starting Position"

This is a tweet thread summary of "The Physics of Life: The Evolution of Everything" by Adrian Bejan, a chair professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University amazon.com/Physics-Life-E… Originally gaining popularity with his Constructal Law in 1996, 20 years later he described it as: "For a flow system to persist in time (to live) it must evolve freely such that it provides greater access to its currents"

0. Book highlights from "How to be The Startup Hero" by @TimDraper (The link below doesn't include the Kindle version for some reason, which is how I read it) amazon.com/How-Startup-He… 1. Draper is a prominent Silicon Valley VC and has been involved with some of the biggest tech companies over the years. He's come under fire recently for some of his views (more on this at the end of the thread) but his startup knowledge is second to none

0. Book Highlights from "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain amazon.com/dp/B004J4WNL2/ 1. This book is about introversion as seen from a cultural point of view. Its primary concern is the age-old dichotomy between the “man of action” and the “man of contemplation” and how we could improve the world if only there were a greater balance of power between the two types

1/ Book highlights from "The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right" by @Atul_Gawande a.co/g9aCdxt 2/ Why do we fail? Two reasons. The first is ignorance—we may err because science has given us only a partial understanding of the world and how it works. The second is ineptitude—because in these instances the knowledge exists, yet we fail to apply it correctly. Second is worse

1/ Book highlights from "Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them: Lessons from the Life-Changing Science of Behavioral Economics" by Belsky and Gilovich a.co/eLtHbsc 2/ Minimize losses by diversifying: stocks (or stock mutual funds), bonds (or bond mutual funds), money market funds, even real estate (if you don’t own a house, then ideally through real estate investment trusts)

1/ Book highlights from "The Happiness Hypothesis" by @JonHaidt amazon.com/o/ASIN/0465028… Happiness come from within and without. Within: cannot be found by making the world conform to your desires. Without: Buddhism and Stoicism teach to break attachments to external things and cultivate attitude of acceptance