Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- How to sleep well and wake up energized. I don't adopt all the methods but your mileage may vary, (HT Jake)

- Aren't they even aware of the two tiers of justice in this country?

- Where do we find such men?

- Tim Ferriss: How I beat Lyme disease with the Ketogenic diet.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Peter Attia on REM sleep latency and Alzheimer's disease. More reason to get a good night's sleep.

- The Grand Encyclopedia of Eponymous Laws. Some of these are pretty good. 

- Jonathan Turley - why the Biden tapes with Hur are virtual racketeering indictments.

- There's been a huge jump in violent crime in AOC's District since she took office. Elections have consequences.

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Rationalizations of immoral behavior are not justifications.

- San Francisco's mind-reading house startup. Think this sort of technology is the future but no doubt there's some better funded company somewhere much further ahead.

- Peter Attia with a reminder of the importance of sleep to brain health.

- From the archives: 7 tips on writing fiction from Ernest Hemingway.

Linky Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thoughts I'd share.

- What is yoga nidra (sleep with awareness)?

- VDH on civilization vs the nihilists.

- Chevy's self-driving Cruise pilot is halted and production delayed for at least a year. 

- Truth! Start rebuilding the FBI by moving its HQ to Salt Lake City and put all people like Charles McGonigal off the force and in jail. 

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Sharing a bed with pets may cause lack of sleep. 100% true but wouldn't change a thing. 

- The Groundhog Day of liberal fantasies.

- Heh Heh

- Noah Smith makes the case for banning TikTok. Agree 100%.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Do I want the present moment to be my friend or enemy? The present moment is inseparable from life, so you are really deciding what kind of relationship you want to have with life." - Eckhart Tolle

"The NCAA's business model would be flatly illegal in almost any other industry in America." - Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

"A year from now, you will wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb

"In the end, winning is sleeping better." - Jodie Foster

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I love sleep. My life has a tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" - Ernest Hemingway

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." - Albert Einstein

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart's Law

"We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts with three words, 'We, the people.'" - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Do I want the present moment to be my friend or enemy? The present moment is inseparable from life, so you are really deciding what kind of relationship you want to have with life." - Eckhart Tolle

"The NCAA's business model would be flatly illegal in almost any other industry in America." - Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

"A year from now, you will wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb

"In the end, winning is sleeping better." - Jodie Foster

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Interesting - Climate advocate: "I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare." Can't help but think that Michael Crichton predicted this in his State of Fear close to 16-years ago.

- Here's why the "Russian Bounties" story is the new "Russian Collusion" hoax. A pox on the NYT and anyone associated with them.

- FCC formally designates Huawei and ZTE as national security threats. Good!

- Without firing a shot, China has killed Hong Kong

- Napping and weekend catchup sleep do not fully compensate for high rates of sleep debt. Getting a good night's sleep should be everyone's top priority if you want to be healthy.

Wolves, REM Sleep and the Advent of Man

While reading the book Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD I was struck by the thought that maybe, just maybe the taming of wolves by Homo Sapiens allowed early man to get more REM sleep while the wolves "stood guard" at night.

This extra REM sleep may have allowed for better brain "health", more vivid dreaming and maybe just that extra ingredient to allow mankind to become the dominant species on the planet.

As I said - maybe, just maybe.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- A message for children about climate change from Scott Adams. Worth your time.

- Very cool

- US about to sign new trade agreement with Japan that will mainly benefit US farmers

- This is incredible!

- One more reason to get a good night's sleep. If you found the video informative I highly recommend the book Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker PhD

- Interesting look at the history and philosophy behind the book Darkness at Noon.

- This is a very good argument for self-driving cars.

Sleep and Productivity

I was reading this article about how waking up 1-hour earlier can make you 100X more productive and I have to admit to having some misgivings.

Yes what the article suggests is true but the author waited till the end to address something that was bugging me. If I get up an hour earlier - does that mean I'm losing an hour of sleep? No the author contends at the end of the article - just go to bed an hour earlier. Start the day right and end the day right.

Good advice as recent medical studies have shown the absolute necessity for proper sleep (see Matthew Walker's book Why We Sleep for in depth details) but easier said than done. Balancing work, family and social life can often make just getting the proper amount of sleep a challenge never mind then adding in the Ben Franklin maxim of "Early to be, early to rise..."

I also kept hearing the voice of Naval Ravikant in the back of my head. I can't recall the exact quote or where I heard it but I remember Naval talking about how true wealth was equated with freedom and one of the examples he used was of the alarm clock. How infrequently you need an alarm clock can be representative of how much freedom you have and thus how truly wealthy you are. If I need an alarm clock to get up that extra hour early and I giving up some of my freedom to try to get more productivity? Isn't the function of being more productive to be more wealthy and free? See what I'm saying?

In my life I've come to what I believe is a happy medium. I recognize the need to be more productive; I recognize the need to get a proper night's sleep and I've made "getting up" one of my seven priorities for the day (maybe I'll list all seven some other time). By getting up I mean when your body is awake and going back to sleep would be a struggle. Not a getting up and at 'em because you awoke in the middle of the night because you had to pee but getting up because you're awake and have been for 20 minutes or more. (Normally I say it has to be after 4:30 am for this "rule" to apply - I'm not a masochist.) Once out of bed you start being productive - taking advantage of that time that maybe previously you spent just lingering in bed.

Anyway those were my thoughts on sleep. And I should add that I'm a big fan of naps.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- How an office job can effect your metabolism

- The weird world of vegan YouTube stars is imploding. Story is funny (to a meateater like me), sad and disturbing all at the same time.

- 5 lies you've been told about "following your passion"

- The NFL is looking to have a streaming version of DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket. My guess is Amazon Prime or ESPN+ would pay big money for the rights and people like me who've cut the cord would definitely make sure I get the service.

- A good night's sleep is one of the most important things for your body (and brain) at any age

- The successful man's path to Lasting Satisfaction

- Niccolo Machiavelli on reading