1) Connections on LinkedIn are really, an absolute win with no-tradeoff. Search is limited without them, and every person you add makes the bar exponentially more powerful. Leads, employers, employees, you name it — everything is easier with more connections, regardless of their quality.

So when I continue the experiment of optimizing my LinkedIn experience, it naturally, extends to me testing the opposite of this conventional wisdom. I’ve removed 77% of my connections (134 -> 44) now, leaving only people I know/have met personally, or have a clear reason for keeping in my list. That will grow, I’m sure. But not randomly, through people I have no memory of meeting.

2) from the attention fix: ADHD if it was framed as what it is, a genetic trait developed from a necessity to look out for danger, would be so much more kinder and its treatments so much more effective, especially for teens/young adults.

3) also from the attention fix, an additional example to underscore how abundance can actually be beneficial, which is something that goes against one of my core beliefs from 16-21 and I’m actively unlearning over the past year.

the example: Genetic traits that were essential to survival like fat accumulation are now redundant because of food abundance, and only that abundance made us able to focus on things like aesthetics and lifespan.

4) It’s true that a lot of unsexy problems can be fixed and a lot of low-hanging fruit (read: money) can be found in certain niches, but life is too short to do anything that passionless.