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The Secret to Success: Mimic Evolution
Why Nietzsche and Taleb have it right: we should learn from and mimic natural selection.
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March 2023

The Eight Most Impactful Concepts That Changed My Life (And 30 Other Important Ideas)
About Lucky Maverick About Jonathan Bales At one point in my life, I thought that in Pizza Hut’s “Makin’ it great” ad campaign, they were actually…
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April 2021

The Time I Sold Furbies for Money (Audio)
Or, more appropriately, why you should gamble to get better at estimating probabilities
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The Time I Sold Furbies for Money
Or, more appropriately, why you should gamble to get better at estimating probabilities
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February 2021

January 2021

You've Been Kidnapped
About Lucky Maverick About Jonathan Bales You’ve been kidnapped. That’s probably not the start to the day you were looking for. It was already going to…
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If You Ain't First, You're Last
About Lucky Maverick About Jonathan Bales “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” I don’t know if wiser words have ever been spoken. We should all try to…
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I Spent $35,000 on a Video You Can Find All Over the Internet: Here's Why (Audio)
About Lucky Maverick About Jonathan Bales This is the audio version of “I Spent $35,000 on a Video You Can Find All Over the Internet.” Click here to…
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I Spent $35,000 on a Video You Can Find All Over the Internet: Here's Why
Why I'm investing in NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and believe the future of collecting is digital
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December 2020

Sam Hinkie, Leverage & Dynamic Decision-Making
About Lucky Maverick About Jonathan Bales Note: If you notice Jake’s voice sounds like he has the flu in the audio version, don’t worry…he doesn’t have…
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How to Win a Bet: 6-12-18-24
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must stand up for what he believes in. With the world against him and no true believers on his side, he…
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A List of My Favorite Books
My favorite books and how I read
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