Do you try to be a smarter and more skillful person every day? Did you ever learn something new and feel like there's a there there? Have you ever overheard the cool kids talking about safe withdrawal rates, confidence intervals, personal knowledge manage
CRM tools Keep In Touch source code (Ben's original Personal CRM project) AirTable (Personal CRM template) Notion (Personal CRM template) Todoist Growth Podcast: Your Past & Future Self episode Music Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/personal-crm
Journaling / Archiving Decision Journals FutureMe.org 1 Second Everyday (app) Narrative (wearable tech) 8th grade (film) Mindful Review by Tasshin Fogleman (article) and Mental Calendar by Lebran Sar (article) Concepts The riddle of experience vs. memory by Daniel Kahneman (video) What's This All About Journaling? by Hayley Phelan (article) Do more good in less time: productivity hacks by A.J. Jacobs (video) Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age by Derek Alexander Muller (Veritasium) (video) Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns (amazon goodreads): "...you're the only person in the world who can effectively persecute yourself. ... Would you be so cruel to someone else?" Music Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/your-past-and-future-self
Tools TiddlyWiki Emacs (org-mode) Notion Roam Research MediaWiki The Brain Concepts & Frameworks Getting Things Done by David Allen (amazon goodreads), GTD diagram Tiago Forte's P.A.R.A. The Spacing Effect, Growth Podcast: Spaced Repetition Software episode Music Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/personal-knowledge-management
Forecasting resources Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (book) by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner (amazon goodreads) The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't (book) by Nate Silver (amazon goodreads) How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business (book) by Douglas Hubbard (amazon goodreads) Planning Fallacy (article) by Eliezer Yudkowsky. Discusses Inside/Outside view as well. Self calibration Prediction Book AirTable calibration template by Ben Pence Notion.so calibration template by Ben Pence Credence Calibration Game by Alexei Andreev, Zachary Alethia, and Andrew Critch Decision Journal (more qualitative) Prediction Markets Augur PredictIt InTrade (inactive) Prediction Markets (article) by Gwern Music Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/forecasting
Recorded July 5th, 2020 Popular Spaced Repetition Software (SRS) SuperMemo AnkiGeography shared deck Mnemosyne Other software that uses Spaced Repetition Duolingo Pleco Quizlet Skritter Memory resources Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm (article) by Gary Wolf The true history of spaced repetition (article) by Piotr Wozniak Spaced Repetition for Efficient Learning (article) by Gwern Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge (article) by Piotr Wozniak The Case For First-Brain Memory (article) by Tasshin Fogleman Moonwalking with Einstein (book) by Joshua Foer (amazon goodreads) Learning Chinese characters The Marilyn Method (article) by Serge Gorodish Mandarin Blueprint (course based on The Marilyn Method) by Luke Neale and Phil Crimmins Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/spaced-repetition-software
Recorded on June 4th, 2020 CFAR: The rationality workshop Ben attended Trigger Action Planning (TAP), originally known as Implementation Intentions Ben's self-experimentation framework Weight-loss research Diet vs. exercise for weight loss Intermittent fasting Cutting out processed foods and sugar Other-optimizing Ultraworking's Lights Spreadsheet Timing app Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/self-experimentation
Recorded on May 3rd, 2020 Good, simple options for retirement investing Vanguard's Target Retirement Funds Betterment Wealthfront More information on retirement and financial independence Financial Independence / Retire Early subreddit FAQ The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (amazon, goodreads) I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi (amazon, goodreads) Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/retirement-basics
Recorded on March 8th, 2020 FocusMate.com 50 min co-working video sessions with anonymous users Free plan: $0/month (3 sessions per week, 12 per month) Unlimited plan: $5/month (unlimited sessions) Intro music: Vlog Music Cafe Type Hip-Hop Instrumental Chill Lo-Fi Beat by Oliwia Orłowska Outro music: Game Over [Super Mario World Lofi/hiphop remix] by Neighborhood Vandal Transcript available at https://benpence.com/podcast/focusmate
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