Michael Nketsiah

Kendrick Lamar – Count Me OutMore

Akala on Respectability PoliticsMore

Increasing your charisma involves behaviors that project more of three core charismatic qualities: presence, power, and warmth. All three are communicated mostly through body language. Your internal (emotional and mental) state determines your body language. By choosing what you imagine, and by learning how to adjust your mental state, you can ensure that body language…More

“Trying to get the attention of an artificial brain” is a waste of timeMore

Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind, and you’re hampered by not having any,the best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find,is simply by spinning a penny. No – not so that chance shall decide the affairwhile you’re passively standing there moping; but the moment the penny is up in the air,you suddenly…More

“If you want to understand the human mind, start with boredom. You can’t get anywhere interesting if you’re constantly running away from boredom. In many cases boredom is the first line of defense before you get to the interesting stuff.”More

Excerpt from The Paradox of the Present The internet space is a space without direction. It is woven from possible connections, or links, which do not fundamentally differ from each other. No direction or option has an absolute priority over the others. Ideally, a change of direction is possible at any time. There is no…More

Louis CK on the need to embrace boredom, and resist the need for constant distraction.More

After the age of 25, your body gradually starts to decline. By middle age, there is a noticeable drop in testosterone, muscle mass and strength. The goal of every determined man should be to slow down that decline as much as possible. Dan John wrote in brief about this in 2012: https://danjohn.net/2012/05/training-for-middle-age-and-beyond/More