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Really enjoyed it so far. The embrace meditation chapter is bad and I recommend skipping it. It’s a podcast episode and not a book chapter.

On chapter 13

Overall solid. 4/5. I prefer the JL Collins book titled The Simple Path to Wealth but there's obviously a lot of overlap because both authors are advocates of index fun investing at Vanguard.

So far the best parts were the foreword and preface. The actual content is an explain of the basic DeFi protocols: Compound, AAVE.

Addicting so far. Would recommend!

The audiobook tries to copy the "Can't Hurt Me" audiobook by weaving in a podcast like discussion prior to each chapter. I'm only half way but it has been poorly executed because the author just repeats the exact examples covered in the chapter as an introduction to the chapter.

The author doesn't like ordered lists and instead labels chapters 1, 1, 1 which makes it difficult to follow.

Really good so far.

Financial security is when your revenue from passive income >= your spending.

Author came from a family where money was limited. He shared a touching story about his childhood when he a winter jacket (twice) and his mother struggled to buy replacements.

Really good so far. Would recommend to any new parents. My high level takeaway so far: smart phones and social media is really bad for kids (specifically girls).
Other learning:
- Play is good for kids because it teaches them social skills in a low stakes environment. Outdoors physical play is the best form.
- Humans grow quickly between 0 - 5 then grow slowly until puberty then grow quickly. Perhaps to learn more.

Pretty good so far. Edmond Lau cites a lot of productivity books that I like: The Checklist Manifesto, High Output Management, etc.

I thought the chapter on protein consumption was largely misinformation. Peter Attia should check out "How Not to Age" by Doctor Gregger. Specifically the chapter on protein restriction.

Great so far! Peter Attia is a great narrator.

I like Michael Easter’s writing. Slot machines got more addictive by decreasing time to next play, increasing micro payouts, decreasing friction for end-user (e.g. replacing physical lever with button). Humans (and animals) are more engaged when a behavior results in unpredictable payouts. Tactics used by gambling architects have been copied into social media apps and online shopping.

Great so far. Use TDD. Practice programming via coding exercises.

Extremely entertaining so far. I found the chapter on Jane Street culture super interesting.

Interesting so far but I lost a lot of trust in this author based on the line: “Solana is a new cryptocurrency minted to rival Bitcoin”

Few actionable takeaways. Mostly filled with fake short stories and not science based evidence.

I'm really enjoying this book. More notes:
- books contain consolidated information. On a scaled basis, more time is spent producing books than shorter form content like blog posts and articles. Put another way: a book may represent 5 years of an author's work. A blog post may represent 3 days of an author's work.

Rule 1: act confident.
Rule 2: way too biblical and the author uses long words when the same point could be made with simpler language

Likely 5 stars. Really liked the essay on continuous integration / testing.

"If you like it then you should have put a test on it" - Beyonce rule

Code formatters (like gofmt) are valuable b/c they remove arguments about code style.

Really good so far! If you liked the movie Limitless, you may like this.