10 insanely useful YouTube Channels that can teach you more than School and University combined:

#1: Vox

What?
• What’s driving world events
• Simple explanations of complex matters
• Politics & Policy

#2: Andrew Huberman

What?
• Neuroscience
• Science-based tools for improving our health
• How our brain connects with our

#3: SmarterEveryDay

What?
• Explanations of the workings of the world using

#4: Talks at Google

What? Influential thinkers, creators, makers, and doers discuss:
• Global issues
• Innovation
• Economics
• Politics
•

23 of the world’s most useful mental models (that you can actually use to improve your life):

Good and Bad Procrastination

Good procrastination is avoiding work with 0 chance of being mentioned in your obituary—like errands.

”Unless you're working on the biggest things you could be, you're type-B procrastinating, no matter how much you're getting done.”

h/t @paulg

YouTube is free education from the best minds in the world.

But 99% don’t know the best classes to take.

Here are the top channels to advance your learning:

Kurzgesagt

Teachings:
• Technology
• Politics
• History
• Philosophy
•

CrashCourse

Teachings:
• Literature
• World history
• Biology
• Philosophy
• Much

Ted-Ed

Teachings:
• Science
• Commerce
• Philosophy
• Maths
• Everything under the

CGP Grey

Teachings:
• Politics
• Geography
• Economics
• Sociology
• History
•

14 of the world’s best thinkers (and their best free content):

#1: Ray Kurzweil

Main areas of thought leadership:
• Technology trends & futurism
• Artificial Intelligence design & development
• Transhumanism

#2: Brené Brown

Main areas of thought leadership:
• Courage
• Vulnerability
• Shame
• Empathy

#3: Nassim Taleb

Main areas of thought leadership:
• Randomness
• Probability
•

#4: Naval Ravikant

Main areas of thought leadership:
• Practical, modern day philosophy
• Building personal wealth & leverage
• Startups &

10 worldview changing mental models that will make you smarter:

Consensus-Contrarian Matrix

In order to produce outsized returns in any given area, you have to both bet against the convention and be right.

”You can’t take the same actions as everyone else and expect to outperform.”
—Howard Marks

Curse of Knowledge

Once we know something, we assume everyone else knows it, too.

It's why some experts can't explain their field in simple terms and people don't share knowledge that could benefit others.

Lesson: There are always people to teach and people to learn from.

Perfect Solution Fallacy

We reject something because it compares poorly to an ideal that in reality is unattainable.

We assume there is a perfect solution to every problem.

Reality is more complicated and trade-offs exist.

Take the option with the most bearable trade-offs.

Pessimism Bias

We overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes.

Evolutionary speaking this developed as a defence mechanism and served us well.

We heard a noise in the bushes and ran.

This doesn't apply anymore: we've never lived in a safer world.

Be an optimist.

If you want to learn quicker and remember more, here are 10 powerful learning techniques:

First, some general principles that underlie the techniques and aid memory:

1) We don't remember all types of information equally (visual and spatial are best)

2) Attach new memories to old memories

3) Make information vivid and exciting

4) Engage as many senses as possible

Memory Palace

1) Prepare an organised location (E.g. your house layout)

2) Create markers in this location in an easy to follow order

3) Make a clear image of the information you would like to remember

4) Place each item you are trying to remember on the marked locations

The Textbook Method

Write your own textbook chapter on a topic.

It requires a deep understanding of the concepts and how they fit together.

You're forced to be consise and to create a clear mental structure of the topic.

There's no hiding behind knowledge gaps.

The Question-Book Method

Rephrase notes as questions to be answered later—this engages the retrieval muscle.

When reading a book, restate the big idea of a chapter or section as a question.

This requires deeper thinking and not just adding a "?" to notes you copied verbatim.

If you want to win an argument, don't make these mistakes:

First things first: The best way to win an argument is to not enter one in the first place.

However, we don't always have that luxury and can sometimes find ourselves needing to defend a point of view.

If this happens, here are 15 logical fallacies to avoid:

Anecdotal (vs. Empirical Evidence)

Using a personal experience or an isolated example to try and prove a point instead of empirical or more compelling evidence.

Humans tend to believe and relate to stories, but don't fall into this trap.

What's true for you isn't always true.

Likely or Plausible Fallacy

Likely: Incorrectly assuming that just because something is possible means that it is likely.

Plausible: Incorrectly assuming that just because something is plausible means that it is true.

Begging The Question

Involves presenting a circular argument where the conclusion is included in the premise.

Examples:

1/ "Of course smoking causes cancer. The smoke from cigarettes is a carcinogen."

2/ "Circular reasoning is bad mostly because it's not very good."

Most people suck at decision-making.

Let's change that.

Here are 15 of the best decision-making mental models I've found 🧵

The Inside-Outside View

We have a natural tendency to favour the inside view—our own independent solution to a problem that incorporates all of our hidden biases.

To make better decisions, we should favour the outside view—one that incorporates the best available data.

Ladder of Inference

Describes the thinking process we go through—often subconsciously—to get from a fact to a decision or action.

To make better decisions, we should move slowly and deliberately from the bottom of the ladder to the top of the ladder.

h/t (image) - @amrancz

Confidence Determines Speed vs. Quality

The more confidence you have in the importance of a problem and your understanding of its solution, the more you should focus on quality.

However, if you need to learn more, move fast and break things.

h/t - @BrandonMChu

@BrandonMChu Devil’s Advocate Position

The antidote to confirmation bias.

It involves forcing yourself to view a decision from the opposite viewpoint or finding people who disagree with you.

It forces you to create a more compelling argument.

Don't take my word for it:

25 freakishly effective mental models that will save you hundreds of hours of your life:

Decomplication

We’ve been led to believe that our everyday problems—weight loss, productivity, saving money—require complex solutions.

This is called ‘artificial complexity.’

Decomplication is the process of boiling problems down to their simplest form.

h/t @nateliason

Via Negativa

When we have a problem, our natural instinct is to add a new habit or buy a solution.

But usually, you improve your life by subtracting instead.

The foods you avoid are more important than the foods you eat.

Subtracting distractions is the key to productivity.

Speed Matters

The faster you do things, the less activation energy is required to do any one thing.

To avoid procrastination, keep the activation energy low by shortening the timeframe for the work that needs to be done, and work faster.

h/t @jsomers

@jsomers Hourly Aspirational Rate

Figure out how much an hour of your time is worth: Your 'aspirational hourly' rate.

When deciding whether or not to do a task, ask whether it's worth more or less than your rate.

If it's worth less than your rate, outsource, automate, or delete it.

If you want to understand Web3 and succeed in the next 10 years, here are 20 of the best resources on the internet to get up to speed:

1/

The Metaverse Primer by Matthew Ball.

What ACTUALLY is the Metaverse? Here’s everything you need to know in one

2/

Teachyourselfcrypto by @lifemathmoney

The most detailed, simple-to-understand course I’ve found—completely FREE.

3/

State of Crypto 2022 by @a16z

There’s almost no one with a better understanding of Web3 than A16z.

This report explains what Web3 is, why it matters, and an overview of the key parts of the Web3 ecosystem.

4/

Web3 Starter Pack by @CryptoSocietyS1

All the basics of web3 and the parts that make it up like DAOs, NFTs, and