The Weekly Letter – Trevor McKendrick

N° 399 Your feelings are not valid
N° 398 How to feel good
N° 397 Do not go chill into that good night
N° 396 It's okay to like money
N° 395 Why I invested in Stripe
N° 394 The curse of ordinary abundance
N° 393 The secret to life is knowing what you want
N° 392 1 reason to be a builder
N° 391 Love, music, Americans, and bowling
N° 390 Getting defensive
N° 389 How to be a successful founder
N° 388 Shutting down my company
N° 387 Humans are the AI bottleneck
N° 386 Scott Adams believed in Jesus
N° 385 Welcome back
N° 384 Richard Posner reviews a biography of William Douglas
N° 383 Read.
N° 382 My friend ran for office and wrote about it
N° 381 "My dad could still be alive, but he's not"
N° 380 Optimism might help you live longer
N° 379 Information does not want to be free
N° 378 2 ways to invest your money
N° 377 A new city in California is finally being built
N° 376 Diversification is underrated
N° 375 10 ideas for overthinkers
N° 374 Don't RSVP with a "maybe"
N° 373 Why Radiology AI didn't work
N° 372 How the US intelligence community works
N° 371 Minnesota's home prices went down
N° 370 Why having kids is great
N° 369 First do no harm, always & forever
N° 368 Having agency makes you feel alive
N° 367 Stripe as an index of the AI economy
N° 366 Living a divided life
N° 365 "Hope is the thing with feathers"
N° 364 Killers of the king
N° 363 It's sales all the way down
N° 362 Good interview with Costco's CEO
N° 361 Don't take public advice from successful people
N° 360 Give me anonymous feedback
N° 359 Trying hard is underrated
N° 358 Who's up and down in status
N° 357 Baseball is benching its star pitchers on purpose
N° 356 How much money would you need to live in a deserted island for 1.5 years?
N° 355 6 ways to understand DOGE
N° 354 How to sell someone else's patented drug
N° 353 Why American Christianity has stopped declining
N° 352 I'd like to buy Stripe shares
N° 351 AI predicts how much money you make
N° 350 I'm investing in early stage AI startups
N° 349 The men who lost their babies
N° 348 How to succeed in a world of AI
N° 347 Big week
N° 346 Mamba mentality
N° 345 Greenland, Lithium, and the fires
N° 344 Really try
N° 343 Optimism now, optimism forever
N° 342 Who can cut the government?
N° 341 Interstellar is in theatres
N° 340 Please read the art gallery piece
N° 339 People prefer order
N° 338 Ghost engineers
N° 337 You should try Claude
N° 336 The case for optimism
N° 335 How much do you think Nerds Gummy Clusters makes per year?
N° 334 Wake up & go directly to work
N° 333 2 new cities
N° 332 A $5m telegram
N° 331 The only free lunch in finance
N° 330 Is the American Dream alive?
N° 329 The world is not efficient
N° 328 Useful and Overlooked Skills
N° 327 Why John Carmack worked for Steve Jobs
N° 326 I started a prediction market for my weight
N° 325 Great tweets
N° 324 Sabbath Hard and Go Home
N° 323 Optimism today, tomorrow, and forever
N° 322 Claims about Taylor Swift
N° 321 People unlike you
N° 320 Working at Enron
N° 319 Choose life
N° 318 Be critical
N° 317 Help your parents
N° 316 Optimistic ought to be a verb
N° 315 Product reviewers are too mean
N° 314 I'll go where you want me to go
N° 313 The housing theory of everything
N° 312 The mindset of speed
N° 311 Nobody cares
N° 310 You can't tell people anything
N° 309 Optimism should be a verb
N° 308 It's harder to be kind than nice
N° 307 The life of every person is a singularity
N° 306 Try to go faster
N° 305 How to do things
N° 304 Real life starts now
N° 303 I'd like to invest in your startup
N° 302 How to increase your agency
N° 301 Most people don't read the books
N° 300 Happy New Year :)
N° 299 Merry Christmas!!
N° 298 How to make new friends as an adult
N° 297 It's December
N° 296 I'm back
N° 295 It's gonna be a great week
N° 294 Fear of responsibility is a catastrophic bottleneck
N° 293 4 book reviews
N° 292 Get tickets to the Lincoln assassination
N° 291 Being a professional
N° 290 Sam and Rebecca
N° 289 The metric system
N° 288 Have a great week
N° 287 Read this
N° 286 Be in first person
N° 285 Help progress, build an audience
N° 284 How to drop out
N° 283 Villains Act, Heroes React
N° 282 Tell stories
N° 281 How to have better conversations
N° 280 Become great
N° 279 We're here, because we're here
N° 278 What to do with your life
N° 277 I'm hiring a Data Engineer
N° 276 Sam, Sam, and Sam
N° 275 Success & the imaginary rules you live by
N° 274 Get lost
N° 273 The Last Lion
N° 272 Hardware is hard (but cool)
N° 271 Can we talk to whales?
N° 270 Everybody is the main character
N° 269 Buying a history building you can't actually afford
N° 268 How to win an Olympic Gold medal
N° 267 Let there be light
N° 266 Hang in there
N° 265 Be alive
N° 264 Cadavers & Banknotes
N° 263 Getting to know you
N° 262 How to get 7 million TikTok views in 6 weeks
N° 261 Four articles from 4 founders
N° 260 The one change to make in 2023
N° 259 I'll pay you $100 if you beat me at ping pong
N° 258 NYC Pizza tracker guy
N° 257 Startups are an act of desperation
N° 256 Happy new year
N° 255 Merry Christmas!
N° 254 How to live forever
N° 253 Is there such a thing as good taste?
N° 252 How not to kill your company
N° 251 How to live a meaningful life
N° 250 How to open a Swiss bank account
N° 249 What a time to be alive
N° 248 Kobe Bryant's practice free throw success rate
N° 247 What it's like being poor
N° 246 Failures to cope
N° 245 The greatest startup in the history of the world
N° 244 Audacity is underrated
N° 243 Night owls vs morning people
N° 242 Why Mr. Beast canned an k video
N° 241 How Tesla ships software
N° 240 The 15 minute city
N° 239 There is no beating the Soviet gulag (good morning!)
N° 238 The best thing you've ever read
N° 237 When everything is important but nothing is getting done
N° 236 The worst person in the world
N° 235 How much should you criticize people?
N° 234 Watch a comedian write a joke
N° 233 A day late but never a dollar short
N° 232 In praise of talented, high agency people
N° 231 Things you're allowed to do
N° 230 How heritable are various sports abilities?
N° 229 Being hard to work with
N° 228 The deal of a lifetime
N° 227 Successful startups don't grow exponentially
N° 226 Why you'll never lose anything in Japan
N° 225 Processing your emotions is a competitive advantage
N° 224 A lot can change in a week
N° 223 What Napolean would look like today
N° 222 Turning dreams into reality
N° 221 Red light green light
N° 220 The banality of genius
N° 219 Thank you for your help last week
N° 218 Announcing my new company right now
N° 217 I'm announcing my new company tomorrow
N° 216 How to design a house to last 1,000 years
N° 215 My personal theme for 2022
N° 214 My favorite things from 2021
N° 213 Should I shut down the newsletter? UPDATE
N° 212 Should I shut down the newsletter?
N° 211 Push yourself
N° 210 Become successful
N° 209 The most dangerous fallacy
N° 208 Stop lying to yourself
N° 207 How to talk to your heroes
N° 206 Was Dune any good, 2 months of living in America, how to try new cultures
N° 205 Looking stupid, NASA on aliens, and getting divorced on Saturday Night Live
N° 204 The path to success always goes through hell
N° 203 How to design an organization
N° 202 How to save America
N° 201 There's 2 kinds of people in this world
N° 200 100 miles late
N° 199 My new company
N° 198 How to find talent
N° 197 Announcing The Roots of Progress
N° 196 The best in science, optimistic science fiction, how obesity happens...
N° 195 Is Elon Musk irrational?
N° 194 How to start a new country
N° 193 How to waste your career
N° 192 Quentin Tarantino, Ted Lasso, and why we should go to mars
N° 191 The meaning of life
N° 190 How to be an infinite player
N° 189 All good things.
N° 188 Why Warren Buffett didn't invest in Microsoft
N° 187 How does Putin think?
N° 186 The best in thinking bigger
N° 185 I'm in SF next week
N° 184 1 Chinese billionaire dies every 40 days
N° 183 How to make things happen
N° 182 A new science
N° 181 Short & sweet
N° 180 Agency over determinism
N° 179 Shorter is better
N° 178 Taylor Swift is a BAMF
N° 177 Embrace the grind
N° 176 Trevor goals update 4/9/2021
N° 175 My last day at Lambda School
N° 174 The first private city in Honduras
N° 173 How to get out of a funk
N° 172 Trevor thoughts - March 21
N° 171 The Quest, moonshots, and zippers
N° 170 Trevor weekly update - March 15
N° 169 It's (almost) time to live
N° 168 I'm leaving Lambda School
N° 167 Back from LA
N° 166 Trevor personal update
N° 165 Victimhood vs Victimization
N° 164 Desperation is underrated
N° 163 Building new cities
N° 162 Trevor's goals - Sprint #5
N° 161 Build 2021
N° 160 Trevor's goals - Sprint #4
N° 159 You gotta watch this show
N° 158 Trevor's goals - Sprint #3
N° 157 Action produces information
N° 156 Weekly Sprint - #2
N° 155 How to write consistently
N° 154 Weekly Sprint - #1
N° 153 The right time to be alive
N° 152 80 hour work weeks are wrong
N° 151 80 hour work weeks are wrong
N° 150 How to go viral
N° 149 How to be more interesting
N° 148 Builders Gonna Build
N° 147 Think for yourself
N° 146 Be specific
N° 145 Destroy perfectionism
N° 144 See the future, read better, and believe in yourself
N° 143 The best in books
N° 142 The path to greatness is simple but not easy
N° 141 Believe you can
N° 140 Make a decision
N° 139 The best in predictions, new Steve Jobs stories, book lists, and presentations
N° 138 How to use Slack without going insane, the best in big mistakes, what makes us human, and finding your own path to success
N° 137 I made a personal flag for 2020, the Almanack of Naval Navikant, high performance cultures, the West vs the Old, and more
N° 136 How to make things happen, the best in university talks, personal user manuals, and creating a world class about us page
N° 135 Secret gyms, NYC isn't dead, progress studies, and a campaign for better government writing
N° 134 The best origin stories, questions, and why building things is no longer celebrated
N° 133 Permanent vs expiring skills, the value of money, and how to ask questions
N° 132 How to survive a startup, the value of speed, Hiroshima in 1946, and what to do once you know life is short
N° 131 Subpoened documents, the Cubs, sales, knowing things that are good
N° 130 Mars, SaaS, delegation, fake productivity, books
N° 129 Self doubt, 8 figure businesses, Costco, Optimism, Heroes...
N° 128 My new favorite podcast, advice on advice, and how life is short...
N° 127 My favorite Slate Star Codex essays
N° 126 LINKS FIXED – My favorite Slate Star Codex essays
N° 125 The history of oil, a new carless town, and how not to be said
N° 124 The Best Textbooks on Every Subject
N° 123 How to generate more ideas
N° 122 Why you should be more optimistic
N° 121 The best commencemence speech of all time
N° 120 Happiness is a flow, not a state
N° 119 Remote work is evil and will make you unhappy
N° 118 Two of the best essays on building things
N° 117 Optimism2020: A Manifesto
N° 116 How to feel like a badass
N° 115 I hope you're staying sane
N° 114 Should we keep talking about Corona?
N° 113 Book recommendations that have nothing to do with Corona
N° 112 The slideshow of your life
N° 111 The slideshow of your life
N° 110 How to write usefully
N° 109 Great Business Writing
N° 108 Finding Problems is Only 10% of the Value
N° 107 Changing your identity
N° 106 Create your own greatness
N° 105 Nobody cares
N° 104 How to win
N° 103 The lessons of first world failures
N° 102 New years resolutions are garbage (but you shouldn't listen to me)
N° 101 Twitter at its best – some excellent tweetstorms
N° 100 Why I Carry Plastic Straws
N° 99 The Wright Brothers, Startup ideas, and beautiful news (links)
N° 98 Mr Rogers, Pollution, and the best stuff from the last decade (links)
N° 97 Letting your brain think for you, surviving the emotions of startups, and a short story (links)
N° 96 Robinhood bugs, tech & liberty, and Joe Stalin
N° 95 How to make a puzzle, New Atheism's death, and Hitler's Teeth
N° 94 Ticket scalpers, Toy Story 4, and the most important lines of code every written
N° 93 Animation is Eating the World
N° 92 Lived Experience
N° 91 Change who you are
N° 90 Bill Gates, Peter Thiel, and Graphing Calculators (links)
N° 89 The Church of Interruption (links)
N° 88 Progress, Full Stack Startups, and the Culture War
N° 87 Say No, Sensitive Questions, and Investors vs Operators (links)
N° 86 Lessons from Stripe, Dating While Dying, and How to Learn (links)
N° 85 Business Models, Humans, and ebooks
N° 84 Participating in the Infinite Game of Life
N° 83 Ode to Silicon Valley
N° 82 Super 30, Netflixed, Progress Studies
N° 81 Visa, Mormonism, and Apollo 11
N° 80 Become a Missile, Again
N° 79 Bob Ross, Daily Practice, and the Refragmentation
N° 78 The world is made by people no smarter than you
N° 77 Ads, Charlie Munger, and Following up (links)
N° 76 Aging gracefully, and other links
N° 75 How could it be any other way?
N° 74 You and your research
N° 73 Apollo 11
N° 72 Ukraine Speeches, fiction, and Psychiatric Conferences (links)
N° 71 Fasting, Food, and Mormonism (links)
N° 70 Danielle Steel, the Gestapo, and YouTube (links)
N° 69 The Religion of Creation
N° 68 Skittles, Politics, and Harry Potter
N° 67 The List of Book Lists
N° 66 Taylor Pearson Recommendations, Book Lists, and More
N° 65 This Page is Busy
N° 64 What makes a great entrepreneur?
N° 63 What do your work values say about you?
N° 62 Swings are Free
N° 61 The search for greatness
N° 60 A collection of unrelated links
N° 59 Bill Murray and Enron
N° 58 Work for your Lunch
N° 57 Writing is Thinking
N° 56 Target Big Markets
N° 55 How to be Successful
N° 54 The inputs of entrepreneurship and how the map isn't the territory
N° 53 What I'd Work On
N° 52 In defense of thinking bigger
N° 51 What do you actually want?
N° 50 What do you actually want?
N° 49 When did you feel the most alive?
N° 48 Willpower is overrated
N° 47 How to find meaning & purpose in life
N° 46 Tech support vs. the Sermon on the Mount
N° 45 The Next Thing
N° 44 Be usefully interesting
N° 43 Adam Sandler, College Reunions, Tolerating the Outgroup
N° 42 Mistakes are good
N° 41 Why is everyone like their parents?
N° 40 Talk is not cheap
N° 39 Commit to yourself over time
N° 38 You aren't special
N° 37 Anticipation is half the fun
N° 36 The Danger of Outrage Narratives
N° 35 Why don't we do the things we say we want to do?
N° 34 The best videos
N° 33 Why I don't shop at thrift stores
N° 32 You're Not Lazy
N° 31 One reason why we're afraid to take action
N° 30 Production vs. Consumption
N° 29 How to critique a startup
N° 28 Personal Promises
N° 27 Play Against Yourself
N° 26 Pain is the Point
N° 25 Do The Work
N° 24 Hack the Xbox, Go to Jail
N° 23 How to stop procrastinating
N° 22 How to stop procrastinating
N° 21 What You Can't Say + Make Happy
N° 20 How wealthy people talk to each other
N° 19 The anti-nerd, Peruvian bribes, wealth isn't everything
N° 18 Virtual Dating Assistants, Impossible Advice, and Social Class
N° 17 How to win in politics, tech, and life
N° 16 Who owns the Bible?
N° 15 Thai Restaurants in the US, Student Loans, and the best political interview I've ever read
N° 14 If this makes it through your spam filter it'll be a miracle
N° 13 Fake car engines, prioritizing relationships, and reality TV as teacher
N° 12 You're Probably Already Rich
N° 11 How to Know What's True
N° 10 Efficiency is an Excuse to Not Do The Actual Work
N° 9 Stories you tell yourself that aren't true
N° 8 Example Email
N° 7 How Your Emotions Are Sabotaging Your Business
N° 6 The Danger in Big Decisions
N° 5 How to beat a Russian oligarch
N° 4 Issue 4
N° 3 Issue 3
N° 2 Issue 2
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