Priority request: "the practice of designing products to break quickly or become obsolete in the short to mid-term."
The 4-Hour Workweek, by Tim Ferriss
How Tim went from $40,000 per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per month and 4 hours per week • How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want • How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs -- amazon.
economic limitarianism
"asserts that social improvement can be attained by the placement of a certain limit on personal wealth" -- wikipedia.
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek
Request; I’m wondering if change my subject and write master thesis about motivation. Your work is inspiration for me. But also I think about other works about this subject because it would gives wider picture of how people perceive motivation.
coffee badging
Requests: the practice of showing up at your physical workplace to interact with coworkers just long enough to establish that you showed up, before leaving to get your real work done from home.
tax evasion vs. tax avoidance
Priority request: Does lying about your taxes have karmic consequences or does it sometimes serve the highest good?
the bottom line
Request: the most important part of something; the most important aspect to consider.
vertical farming
Request: Vertical farming is growing in popularity and I'm considering starting a business in that sector. Would be good to know how integrous the practice is.
saving money for retirement
Priority request: Practical common sense? Or is it trying to control the future?
Investing.com
Financial markets platform providing real-time data, quotes, charts, financial tools, breaking news and analysis across 250 exchanges around the world in 44 language editions... with more than 46 million monthly users -- website
META1 stablecoin
Priority request. A cryptocurrency "secured by a diverse mix of assets including gold mines, bars, bonds and other precious metal securities" -- meta1coin.vision
tobacco packaging warning pictures
Priority request: found on every tobacco package in Eastern Europe, Austria, among about 80 different countries.
retail arbitrage
Request: "An example of this would be finding a product at Walmart that sells for $5, purchasing that product, and then reselling it on Amazon for $20." Is it an integrous way of earning money?
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins
Priority request. "Economic hit men are the shock troops of what Perkins calls the corporatocracy, a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments, and the rich and powerful people tied to them" -- amazon
Eric Weinstein
Priority request. hedge fund director and podcast host. He was the joint managing director for Thiel Capital from 2013 until 2022. He has a PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard -- wikipedia