Disciplined chaos
How chaos can lead to good outcomes instead of creating problems.
Brian Lui's blog
Essays by Brian Lui about habits, decision-making, learning, communities, and life.
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Spaced repetition
Spaced repetition is the most effective way to memorize things.
Learning new fields
Learn how to become the top 1% in any field, starting as a complete beginner, in less than a year.
How to enter flow state on demand
Master the skill of entering flow state on demand by understanding how your subconscious mind really works.
Instant preference changing
Ever wondered if you could change what you like and dislike more quickly? Now you can learn how.
The lazy person’s guide to success
Telling people to work harder is not helpful.
The importance trap
Doing unimportant things makes you lucky.
Upside decay
Why some people and some organizations never get lucky.
Beware of tight feedback loops
Tight feedback loops are seductive because they give us the feeling of rapid improvement. But here's the problem with them.
Community building in a forgotten game
Building good communities is hard. Counter-intuitively, a hostile environment can create more positive communities.
Harmful progress
Creating value can harm you.
Thoughts from the Bay
I visited San Francisco and met many people from a variety of tech and tech-adjacent areas. I also walked around the city and travelled to nearby Bay Area locations. I came away with several findings.
Preference changing
Preference changing takes the skill of habit formation to the next level.
Housing shortages
Housing supply is a problem in cities all over the world.
Journey to the west
Francis Fukuyama wrote some great books.
Dimensional decoupling
Inversion asks, “what if something was the opposite?” Dimensional decoupling asks, “what if something wasn’t an opposite?”
Improvisation
By overcoming our fears, we can comfortably adopt a “Yes, And” mindset when appropriate.
Improve our understanding of others
Understand how other people feel and think.