Self Improvement

Darwin’s Strategy for Preempting Criticism and the True Mark of Genius

“In the back-and-forth of a self-made contest, both sides have a shot.”

Two centuries later, Charles Darwin provided supreme practical proof of Pascal’s insight as he forever changed…

Math and the Best Life

The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them.

A few hours later Quanta Magazine sat down with Su in a quiet room on a lower level of the hotel and…

selfHow To Be A Genius

I read every day from one fiction book, one non-fiction book, one self-help book, and one book about games.

Read A LOT. I’ve read 2–3 books a week for the past 15 years.

Because the more you know, the more ingredients you know, the more…

The Buffett Formula: How to Get Smarter

Most people go through life not really getting any smarter. Why? They simply won’t do the work required. The Buffett Formula is the path to growing wisdom.

Warren Buffett says, “I just sit in my office and read all day.”

Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think (Taming the Mammoth)

We all care way too much what other people think of us. Here’s why.

You know those people who react to being criticized by coming back with a nasty low-blow? Those tend to be…