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“As soon as something becomes widely recognized as a status symbol, everyone tries to distance themselves from it because they don’t want to be seen as a status seeker.” Here’s David Pinsof on the volatile nature of our status symbols...

Here’s David Pinsof on why “happiness is bullshit.”

🌶️ 🌶️ “The way that people think about morality is very wrongheaded.”🌶️🌶️ Here’s David Pinsof on why morality is bullshit.

Here’s David Pinsof on why bullshitting is less reputationally damaging than lying...

David Pinsof is an evolutionary social scientist and a co-creator of the game Cards Against Humanity. He holds a PhD in Psychology from UCLA, where he studied the [evolutionary origins of political bullshit](https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1nk0c3dc), and has written a handful of academic papers, [one of which](http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/comm/haselton/unify_uploads/files/Psychological%20Science-2016-Pinsof-0956797615621719.pdf) has been cited 152 times and…

Ever wondered why academic writing is always so boring? Here’s Dylan O'Sullivan's take...

Dylan O’Sullivan is a writer and media specialist based in Cork, Ireland. Dylan’s work has been published in magazines such as The Spectator and Areo. He is also the creator of Essayful, a Substack dedicated to becoming “a new home for writing.” Following his participation in David Perell’s Write of…

Here’s our guest, John Sills, on why senior figures in organizations often “don’t really want to hear the inconvenient truths” about how customers are engaging with their businesses...

Here’s John Sills on why businesses should empower their employees to be their “natural, creative, curious” selves...

“we’ve kind of gone from ‘customer is always right’ to ‘no, the customer’s probably wrong, and they’re probably trying to pull a fast one on us, and we need to be as defensive as possible.’” —John Sills

After starting his career on a market stall in Essex, John Sills has spent the last twenty-five years working to make the world a better place for customers. John is the Managing Partner at the customer-led growth company The Foundation, and his writing has also been featured in publications such…

“And that I think is the common trait that I see…It doesn’t seem like they have to get themselves motivated to…put in the persistent work. It’s the thing they just are compelled to do.” —Billy Oppenheimer Featuring a shout-out to friend-of-the-show David Senra!

Here’s Billy Oppenheimer on the relationship between putting in the work & skill acquisition.

“Who do you admire, and can you do your version of that?” Here’s Billy Oppenheimer on “conceptual ancestors.”

“If you and I read the same book, the things we would pull out of it would be different.” Here’s Billy Oppenheimer on finding your unique perspective...

Billy Oppenheimer is a researcher for Ryan Holiday. He is also known for his viral long-form tweets (https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer/status/1647000062617088000) and Six at 6 on Sunday https://billyoppenheimer.com/newsletter/ newsletter. Billy is insatiably curious. He is a master at drawing lessons from anecdotes from the worlds of sports, music, comedy, business, and more. He…

“If you are listening, and you have written a book proposal, and you took it to an agent, and the agent took it out…and couldn’t sell it - screw them! Go publish it!” — Jimmy Soni

“Prestige matters to people, and people who say that prestige doesn’t matter to them are just high enough social status that they can not care.” The solution? Align prestige with meritocracy. Liberty RPF explains...

“So the truth is…for the majority of authors, if you can sell your product, you are far better off doing self-publishing or hybrid publishing.” Jimmy Soni explains...

Friend-of-the-show (and new O’Shaughnessy Ventures team member) Liberty RPF joins Jim and fellow friend-of-the-show Jimmy Soni to discuss the current state of the publishing industry and the new opportunities emerging for current and aspiring authors. Important Links: - Jimmy’s Website https://jimmysoni.com - Jimmy’s Twitter https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni - Liberty’s Newsletter https://www.libertyrpf.com -…

“To have the insight that’s indisputable, you have to go through this period of time of people calling you crazy…most ideas are filtered out by people being unwilling to listen to you.” —Alex Danco

“The good lie is one where the recipient of the lie has a very powerful reason why they want to believe it.” — Alex Danco

“Life is cope, and we help each other cope…that’s actually the highest form of friendship.” Here’s Alex Danco on life’s “three levels of theater...”

Alex Danco returns for his seventh (yes, SEVENTH) appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss, as usual, pretty much everything other than the topics we had prepared in advance. This week, we discuss: The two types of lawyers, what Alex learned from reading Don Quixote, Elon the Reply Guy, the psychology…