Fight Club: I liked it the first time years ago, but watching a second time when you already know the end reveal? Elevates it from good to great. So many brilliant details in the screenplay. What else in life is better the second time?

Prepare your “no” and keep it handy: https://sive.rs/n0

My life was changed by four sentences in four books : https://sive.rs/4s4b

Geography is four-dimensional: https://sive.rs/4d

1993 communal internet shaped me: https://sive.rs/netizen

I’m not autistic, but my heroes are.

What next? — (ch 60/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u60

Reframing death — (ch 59/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u59

Since we moved from city to rural land, to a house where the bathroom and kitchen are outside, my boy observed: “This year there are way more full moons.”

You are what you pretend to be — (ch 58/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u58

My favorite LLM prompt: “List the top cities in {COUNTRY}, and anthropomorphize each one, listing the good-natured stereotypes and jokes that other people in {COUNTRY} say about people in this city.”

Keep tuning and adjusting — (ch 57/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u57

Good book on cultural psychology: Tribal. Great insights and examples of how change happens on the personal, cultural, and institutional level. My notes at https://sive.rs/book/Tribal

Take the first step immediately — (ch 56/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u56

Why your choice is wrong — (ch 55/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u55

Fascinating book: Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness - https://sive.rs/book/Conscious19 - uses one true story, 19 times, of the laughing brain patient - https://sive.rs/u12 - in the format of Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei - https://sive.rs/book/WangWei - to explore the subject.

Talk with friends to solidify it — (ch 54/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u54

Great book: Elephant in the Brain: sive.rs/book/BrainMo... You have hidden motives and subconscious incentives. Two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. Instititutions do this too: wasteful because they’re serving hidden purposes no one acknowledges.

Private journal to internalize it — (ch 53/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u53

No new instructions for the computer — (ch 52/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u52

From explorer to self-leader — (ch 51/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u51

How to decide and make the best choice — (ch 50/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u50

An awesome collection of great questions — (ch 49/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u49

Five tiny tales of reframing — (ch 48/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u48

Traits of useful perspectives — (ch 47/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u47

Expand your repertoire — (ch 46/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u46

Diamond in the trash — (ch 45/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u45

Answer great questions — (ch 44/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u44

Who chooses your (next) thoughts? — (ch 43/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u43

The most useful part of this book — (ch 42/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u42

Philosophies are instruments — (ch 41/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u41

What is “the truth” really for? — (ch 40/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u40

Life is _______ — (ch 39/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u39

Placebo meanings — (ch 38/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u38

Magic mirror shows what you need to believe — (ch 37/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u37

Which perspective empowers you? — (ch 36/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u36

Judge the contents, not the box — (ch 35/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u35

Carpenters’ tools — (ch 34/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u34

Religion is action, not belief — (ch 33/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u33

Useful? — (ch 32/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u32

Beliefs → emotions → actions — (ch 31/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u31

A daily run and imagination — (ch 30/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u30

Bowling: curve into the target — (ch 29/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u29

Fill your senses with reality — (ch 28/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u28

Your first thought is an obstacle — (ch 27/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u27

The more emotional the belief, the less likely it’s true — (ch 26/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u26

Beliefs are not facts — (ch 25/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u25

People of India! My OCI + Airtel + HDFC has culminated in a massive achievement and rite of initiation. I have made my first UPI payment. I’m now unstoppable.

Make believe — (ch 24/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u24

Hanging inherited paintings — (ch 23/60 of Useful Not True) — https://sive.rs/u23