Your Mid-Week Experiment
Podcast and albums and articles oh my!
Thanks for all the positive responses to last weekend’s essay on how our dumb brains prevent us from seeing what is right in front of our faces. For example, fish do not exist.
Proud of my friend Matt Zeller “A desperate road trip to remind America about its Afghan allies” (Washington Post)
“If You Want to Be Smart, You Must Do This” (Ryan Holiday)
“Tinder Experiments II: … the bottom 80% of men (in terms of attractiveness) are competing for the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are competing for the top 20% of men.” (worst-online-dater)
“I had to be an overachiever to escape homelessness and land a six-figure tech job. Here’s what I think about quiet quitting.” (Emi Nietfeld)
h/t to Emi Nietfeld for sharing these SNL Christmas skits.
Thanks to Noom, I lost 40 pounds over 2020-21 and have kept it off since then. Click on the blue box to get 20% off. Seriously, this works. No, this isn’t an ad. Yes, I really lost all that weight with Noom.
We set up a merch table in the back where you can get T-shirts, coffee mugs, and even tote bags now. Show the world that you’re part of The Experiment.
We’ve also got a tip jar, and I promise to waste every cent you give me on having fun, because writing this newsletter for you is some
Buy the book Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick banned from the Bullock Texas History Museum: Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of the American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and myself is out from Penguin Random House. Out in paperback now!