NikAlgo

the healthy way to quit doomscrolling.
consciousness and replacement
it takes 2-4 weeks to actually notice the effect
first of all, remove the apps from their current place on your screen
most importantly, notice how often you still tap the place where they used to be
that’s your muscle memory
congratulations, now you’re conscious about it
next, find another source of information to consume
but most importantly, make it an intentional choice
if you scroll in bed, grab a book
or watch a tv series after all
not everything has to be optimized into monk mode
I now carry an iPad mini when I go outs

by your mid 20s, you’re mostly dragging around a collection of old habits that no longer serve you
most stuff that helped you get through school and uni is no longer applicable in adult life
and we are too busy “fighting life” to notice that
but once you stop and realize that you might be doing it the wrong way...
that’s when life starts going up without making it an uphill battle
look at your patterns and ask yourself:
“is this actually helping me, or do I just keep telling myself that this is the way I am?”
I used to think that Im a night owl
sitting at my desk until 3am “cooking”
a bad habi

there's definitely a lesson...
it exists on a spectrum between "don't do stupid things" and "don't do really dumb sh*t"

there’s good delusion and there’s bad delusion
bad delusion is thinking that $10m is not enough to retire
good delusion is knowing that you will retire with >$10m in your bank account

anyone trying to sell an idea that you need to take stimulators (especially modafinil) is trying to kill you for their own benefit
they are exchanging your health for their own engagement and you are willingly participating in the game
anyone who took mods for long enough knows that it's a curse and a blessing
yes it makes you productive
but it also depletes your mental capacity
you WILL get addicted not necessarily to the drug itself, but to the FEELING on that pill
study psychological addiction.
and don't forget that you can get actual physical addiction too, where you will not be able to

Anthropic is hiring a Head of ANZ in Sydney

stop looking for reasons why it won’t work,
look at why it will.

our future is shaped by self belief, continuous improvement and luck we encounter along the way

you don’t need to be young and successful
you need to live a life while becoming mature and accomplished
“young and successful” is one of the biggest psyops ever sold to an impatient mind
you are being rushed
you are being brainwashed
then you wonder why you feel behind, empty, anxious, burned out
i used to think freedom was something you earn after you sacrifice enough of yourself
work harder
make more money
get there faster
prove everyone wrong
then finally live
but i’m starting to think that’s backwards
i’ve seen people around my age “make it” and still look completely dead insi

One of the biggest mistakes you can make is thinking that every awake minute of your life should be occupied with something productive
Over time the quality will degrade and you’ll be running a loop of fake productivity that is self-destructive and extremely hard to stop

always been a little jealous of people who find one niche and just stay there
over the last 8 years i went from producing electronic music
to trading full time
to building a business
and honestly, i’m grateful for all of it
but it also made content feel harder
because i don’t just care about one thing
right now my mind is mostly on:
markets
ai / tech
business
art / music
philosophy
psychology
history
and even that still doesn’t cover it all
feels like i care about too many things and have too few things i can talk about without going beyond the scope of this account
if you followed me at som

it’s been a few months since i pivoted away from mainly talking about crypto trading, yet most of my DM requests are still filled with CEX/DEX partnership offers
i respect the hustle, but all of this cold outreach is completely irrelevant to me
not sure if it will ever stop

study harness engineering

many people call ai content slop, but a better way is to filter the noise
we were headed towards automation and ai is simply a tool that accelerated the process
skill of identifying what matters in a noisy environment will always carry you far
the mistake would be to blindly label everything as “bad”, while mindlessly consuming brainrot anyway
the edge is in having:
- sharper taste
- better judgment
- stronger filters
those who learn how to filter noise without filtering out value will keep extracting while everyone else drowns in volume