Weekly things I found worth sharing and why. If you know what I’m like, you might like these things too.
Be grateful via others
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park — a memoir of a North Korean defector
Tyranny, Slavery and Columbia U | Yeonmi Park - S4: E26 — an accompanying episode from The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Yeonmi Park did not know that the only way North Korean women could defect from North Korea were to be trafficked out of the country and sold to rural Chinese men as wives. As a 13-year-old girl, she decided to leave to avoid starvation. However, she lost touch with her family.
Know your body
Dr. Andrew Huberman — A Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Performance, and Testosterone (#521) — a podcast episode from The Tim Ferriss Show
An episode explaining Andrew Huberman’s origin story. This is not the kind of information you can get from Huberman’s podcast. It is an episode worth listening to because it is packed with practical tips to biohack your body.
Meditate
The Path of Insight by Joseph Goldstein — a series Buddhist discourses from the Waking Up App
This is fifteen hours worth of insightful discourses that clarifies many confusing things in Buddhist teaching. For example, why would Buddhists do anything if they are supposed to let go of cravings and aversions? Well worth a listen if you have had experience with Buddhist retreats, otherwise pick other, more nonsectarian tracks in the app.
Understand how did we get here
The Fraying of the US Global Currency Reserve System by Lyn Alden — an article
A historical explanation as to why the US dollars became the reserve currency and how it will slowly but surely loses its status. A long read but well worth it.
What’s JOFO?
JOFO is the Joy of Finding things Out.