Stop To Think

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how you might as well try to make your life as good as possible regardless of your circumstances. There really isn't a compelling argument against it. In other words, for a given set of circumstances, there will be a best case and a worst case. You may as well shoot for the best-case version of reality.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how someone needs to do the hard work. Humans have fundamental needs. If these needs go unfilled, people start to die. Consequently, not everyone can work office jobs or travel around Europe. Some people will always need to put in the hard work or we'll need to figure out how to get robots to do it. Either way, the work to keep society running ne...

In this episode of Stop To Think, the topic is regret. Specifically how it's basically a waste of energy in accordance with the sunk cost fallacy. So long as you're learning from your past decisions, regret isn't really a thing.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss how creating customer friction, for whatever reason, is stupid. Examples of customer friction are things like product failures, not being user-friendly, being hard to purchase, and other such things that decrease the end-user experience.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss how decreasing product quality to cut costs is usually a stupid decision for long-term business success.

Woo, episode 100! In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue the discussion from last week. This episode focuses more on the consequences of underpaying your workforce. Your workers feel undervalued, they often leave for other opportunities, and the quality of your company decreases because of decreasing worker quality. The best way to compensate your workers is by paying them north of fair (Ra...

In this episode of Stop To Think, I address some audio issues and some of the stuff that's going on in the background.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about IP. I recently finished reading a book called Against Intellectual Property by N. Stephan Kinsella. This book actually changed my stance on intellectual property. I discuss this shift in this episode of the podcast.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we pick up where we left off last week with our discussion of the post-robot world. This episode focuses on how people have multiple roles in society and that each role has different incentives. As a consumer, you want stuff to be as cheap as possible. As a producer, you want the stuff you produce to be as expensive as possible. Many people in the "working cl...

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the world that will exist after robots take over. Just kidding. More like the world that will exist as more and more jobs are replaced by robots. A lot of people think this will be bad for the world and bad for humans but in general, I think this is fear-mongering and that things will be a lot better than people expect. Historically, robots do things...

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about what is and what isn't a reasonable expectation for a relationship. The core, two most important expectations seem to be an expectation for loyalty and an expectation for honesty. Once you get past those two, there seems to be some wiggle room.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how you're going to want to pair up with someone who won't make you miserable. In other words, when looking for a relationship, it's often helpful to look for things that you don't want and avoid them over looking for things that you do want and trying to find them.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how high expectations can result in unhappiness in both life and your relationships. In many cases, it seems like a good idea to make sure your expectations align with reality.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about diminishing returns. One should really understand the concept and make sure they're balancing their effort to return ration in their various endeavors in life.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about intuition. The sense you get in your gut about things. The general rule seems to be that you should listen to your gut unless you have hard evidence to do otherwise.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about skills that pay off. Specifically, useful skills are dependent on the era of history that you live in. In the present era and the future, the most useful skills will be the ones that are related to the fundamental human needs of food, water, air, shelter, clothing, entertainment, transportation, etc.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how thinking is a bit hard. Despite the effort required, it is still usually a good idea to think things through because you'll likely get a better outcome compared to taking the thoughtless approach.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about balance and why it's so hard. Essentially, everything in life seems to come down to finding the proper balance. There may be a few exceptions but in general, extremes are usually bad.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about relying on charity instead of taxes to fund social welfare services. The primary argument at hand is that the government will use funds less efficiently than direct local charities.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we revisit a topic discussed previously. The discussion focuses on the topic of Empathy. Specifically, how through using rational thought in combination with empathy, people can understand what other people are experiencing.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue the discussion about transportation and the business case for high-speed rail in the US.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about high-speed rail in the United States. The episode is a discussion on transportation options in general and how each type has a specific strength it's suited for.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the Pursuit. Specifically, we start with the pursuit of happiness and work our way through how that plays out in practical application. We also talk about my own personal test questions to determine if a project or endeavor is worth undertaking.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the modern dating scene—specifically my experiences with it over the last decade. The high-level takeaway is that modern dating sucks. As far as my own personal history goes, there have been a few exciting encounters on the dating apps but nothing that's ultimately panned out.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how the vast majority of content in the world is just the continual repackaging of content that already exists. This is a topic we've discussed before on the podcast but it merits repeating;) This concept is especially prevalent around fundamental truths of reality.