Dec 28, 2023
Writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and master of mental models,
George Mack, returns to discuss the top 0.1% of ideas he’s ever
come across, from treating life as a video game to spotting
high-agency individuals.
Important Links:
- George’s Twitter
- The Lindy Library
- Roy: A Life Well Lived (Rick and Morty)
- How to Spot High Agency People
- The Mack Meditation
- What is ignored by the media — but will be studied by historians?
- The Early-Late Razor
Show Notes:
- Treating Life as a Video Game
- Finding the Important Metrics
- Embrace Momentum; Embrace Constraints
- How to Spot High Agency People
- How to Increase Your Agency
- The Mack Meditation & Silence as Alpha
- Why Pessimism vs Optimism is the Wrong Debate
- The Future of Media
- What is Ignored by the Media but will be Studied by Historians?
- The Reddit to Facebook Continuum
- George’s Most Midwit Opinion
- Randomness & Feeding the Algorithm
- How to Retain Curiosity
- George as Emperor of the World
Books Mentioned:
- The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot Of) Success in America; by John Gartner
- Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine; by Derren Brown
- What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O’Shaughnessy
- The Secret; by Rhonda Byrne
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid; by Douglas Hofstadter
- The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World; by David Deutsch