Mark Zuckerberg on Taking Risks and Finding Talented People
And just to make this point, how far into Facebook did it actually become a company? Um, I don’t know. I think probably it
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View AllEpictetus’ Art of Winning in All Circumstances (Stoicism)
When we’re in a competition of some sort, we generally uphold a binary vision of the possible outcome: we either win or we lose. Most people who participate do not want to lose; they compete with a desire to win. And when they indeed win, they’re likely t…
You Can't Trust Your Ears
I want you to listen to these two sounds and decide which is higher. So this is sound A. (sample sound buzzing) And this is sound B. (sample sound buzzing) Okay, so to me, sound A is clearly higher, but that’s strange because sound A was just a 100 hertz …
Flying the Piaggio at 41,000 Feet (Max Altitude!)
Hello from beautiful Jackson Hall, Wyoming, one of my all-time favorite airports to fly out of. We’re back in the Piaggio; you guys have been asking for more content with this thing, so here we are. Today, we’re going to push this airplane to its limits, …
Misnomers
Hey Vsauce, Michael here. I’m sorry. Look, I didn’t name myself, but apparently Michael is the ninth most disliked baby name for a boy - according to a survey by BabyNameWizard.com. At least it didn’t top the charts like the rhyming ‘a den’ names - Jayden…
He Risked Death as First American to Explore Africa's Deepest Parts | National Geographic
We have to go back to who William Stamps Cherry was at the age of 20. He does head out for Africa against everybody’s advice, who said, “You’re going to die over there.” He went into Africa in 1889 and went further in the Congo than any other white man ha…
Law Without Government. Robert P. Murphy.
So what’s interesting, I think, is that actually the case for private defense is a piece of cake. That’s really not what trips people up. Really, when people give you all these zingers about “well, what if this happens? What if that happens? You know, wha…