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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·May 8, 2026

Do Yourself a Favor Today… and Go For a Walk

If you’ve ever doubted whether human beings are designed for walking, all you have to do is strap a fussy baby into a BabyBjörn and take them out for a stroll. The crying stops. With each step, the

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@Decentralisedco·2 min read·May 6, 2026

Why Stripe built its own chain

How Tempo enables Stripe to be a vertically integrated processor. Note: This is an extension of how we think capital aggregators integrate vertically. We had previously explained the concept here.

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Apr 24, 2026

The Things You Think Matter…Don’t

I dropped out of college. When this happened it was a big deal—to my parents anyway. Then it was a big deal when people met me because they were constantly surprised by it. You didn’t finish college?!

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Apr 23, 2026

This Is What You Belong To

In 1950, a man grieving his young son who had just died of polio got a letter from Albert Einstein. Now, one might think that as a man of science, Einstein would have had a rather resigned view of the

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Apr 10, 2026

9 Amazing Books They Tried To Ban (That Everyone Should Read)

I was surprised to find out that many people seem to not understand what a banned book is. ‘Banned Book Week’ wrapped up yesterday, and I was continually surprised by some of the comments people

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Apr 9, 2026

This Is Something You Should Always Carry With You

I’ve brought it to the Grammys. I’ve brought it to NFL games…and kids BJJ practices. I’ve brought it into the green room backstage before talks. I’ve brought it to restaurants and bars. I’ve carried

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@evielync·2 min read·Apr 3, 2026

The Exact Prompt I Use to Turn Any Task I Keep Avoiding Into a Claude Skill That Just Gets It Done

The weird thing I discovered about Claude Skills: they help me as much as they help Claude. ↓ All the tasks I avoid have the same problem. There are too many decisions stacked between "I should do

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@bryce_edwards·2 min read·Apr 1, 2026

Who really controls NZ’s gambling industry?

The bill to ban greyhound racing is entering the final stages of debate in Parliament this week. It should pass tomorrow with broad support once some of the contested details are ironed out. The ban

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@silverpencil234·2 min read·Apr 1, 2026

is this not insane??? readdddddd

I think it's time to talk about this. every end of month, there are 3 types of people in ct - flexing their pnl, complaining themselves and posting a larp pnl. you have to know, all these things are

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Mar 31, 2026

20 Best Lessons From Interviewing Today’s Top Performers

I’m not saying everyone should start a podcast. In fact, I have said the opposite many times. There are way too many of them out there…and most are not good. I’m just saying that having a podcast is

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Mar 30, 2026

24 Leadership Principles From The Greatest Business, Military, Political and Sports Leaders

People think that leadership is something that just happens. One is anointed a leader. One is promoted to leadership. One is born into leadership. And of course, this is not the case. “Leadership,”

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Mar 27, 2026

If You Want to Be Smart, You Must Do This

There are lots of smart people. There are not a lot of people who can do this smart thing. The poet John Keats called it “negative capability”—the mental fortitude to be able to entertain multiple

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@polyfactual·2 min read·Mar 25, 2026

The State of the Middle East Conflict and it's path options forward

Let's firstly take a quick look at the Historical origin of the root causes of the Middle eastern conflicts. The modern Middle East conflict is multi-layered and can probably only be understood

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Mar 24, 2026

10 Habits That Will Help You Live And Be Better

There aren’t too many of us who are satisfied with the person we currently are. That is, we know we could be better. We know we should be better. And by better, we don’t mean at our jobs, at lifting

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Mar 23, 2026

Books You Should Read This Month

I had to go to Maui last month. I had to. Really, I tried to see if I could push it until a later date, but both my wife and my publisher told me I was out of my mind. There was a certain lady famous

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@NobleBrown·2 min read·Mar 23, 2026

The Signature of Truth

"He who would proceed aright in this matter should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms; and first... love one such form only... and soon he will of himself perceive that the beauty of one form is

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@xansnds·2 min read·Mar 23, 2026

What is the truth? And how do you use it to set you free?

Everyone Is Lying All The Time Everywhere All At Once How? Well sit down, strap in, and buckle up. You might get whiplash. First, in order to lie, we must establish the truth. What is truth? Fuck if I

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@comical_engr·2 min read·Mar 20, 2026

Why Australia Must Become Self-Sufficient in Urea Production

Australia is one of the world’s great agricultural powerhouses, exporting more than $80 billion worth of food and fibre each year and feeding millions beyond our shores. Yet when it comes to the

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@pevidex·6 min read·Mar 15, 2026

The Future of VibeCoding: Why Building is Cheap and Distribution is Everything?

Not too long ago, a new term quietly entered the tech lexicon, fundamentally changing how we think about software development: **VibeCoding**. Coined by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, the premise of

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@ColtonOrtolf·8 min read·Mar 15, 2026

The Great EHR Unbundling

Where can startups win when Epic absorbs everything? The speed and innovation of Ambient AI startups, the foundational power of Epic, and what startups should consider when building adjacent to the

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@RyanHoliday·5 min read·Mar 14, 2026

Always Try To Do It The Hard Way

I was coasting on fumes when he asked me the question, so I don’t think I got the answer right. To be fair, I was 90 or so minutes into being on stage for my talk in Sydney when I was asked: “If

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@RyanHoliday·7 min read·Mar 13, 2026

You Must Avoid Getting Corrupted By This

My study of history has led me to believe that there is a kind of dark matter inside the human race. It’s some combination of evil, cruelty, ignorance, cowardice, mob-ness. It is a kind of dark

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@RyanHoliday·2 min read·Mar 1, 2026

This Is What You Should Read Every Day

Reading is not just something you should do on vacation, or when you have free time. It should be, like all important things in your life, a daily practice, something you’re working to get better at.

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@Decentralisedco·2 min read·Oct 21, 2025

The $400M Play to Take Prediction Markets Mainstream

Key Takeaways: Markets for multi event bets (parlays) could be the breakout product for prediction markets, unlocking the same retail excitement that drove US sports betting growth. Prediction market

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