We comply with people we like; six reliable triggers manufacture that liking automatically
Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini
Mobilize auditors on day one before evidence disappears and leverage is lost.
Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back — All-In Podcast · All-In Podcast
Design platforms for safety, ownership, and respect by default — not as afterthoughts bolted on after harm.
Going Viral Taught Me the Internet Is Broken but Fixable · Deja Foxx
Every government faces three levers — and must pick at least one
Your Taxes Are About to Go Up (Again) · Helen Miller
Spend heavily now, promise implausible cuts later — a structural pattern in UK fiscal planning
Top Finance Experts React to the UK Budget 2024 · Paul Johnson & Claer Barrett
Politicians funded by the rich can't reform wealth taxation — until voters make it existential
The Rich Will Bankrupt Us All - Gary's Economics · Gary Stevenson
Democracies sustain wars they were attacked into; wars of choice erode politically until withdrawal
The Iran War Expert: I Simulated The Iran War for 20 Years. Here's What Happens Next · Robert Pape
AI is omni-use — containment requires choke points, not just regulation
CEO Of Microsoft AI: AI Is Becoming More Dangerous And Threatening! · Mustafa Suleyman
Power over billions without accountability to billions — the AI governance failure state
AI Whistleblower: We Are Being Gaslit By AI Companies, They're Hiding The Truth! · Karen Hao
Master the warmth and competence signals that determine how others perceive you
Cues · Vanessa Van Edwards
Hold dominant companies accountable by demanding they bear the true cost of their power
How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions · Scott Galloway
You don't live in life's big picture—you live in today's pixel
Life is a Picture, But You Live in a Pixel · Tim Urban
You live in a single pixel of your life picture, so make it count
Life is a Picture But You Live in a Pixel · Tim Urban
Strategic voting in elections
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Allow voters to express true preferences
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Majority Rule
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
A solution to the problem of voting in primaries or general elections
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Vote strategically when it matters
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life · Dixit, Avinash K.
Look beyond battles to win the war through long-term, multi-dimensional planning
The 33 Strategies of War (Joost Elffers Books) · Robert Greene
Challenge the status quo by choosing faith over fear
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us · Seth Godin
Distribute power locally to generate public spirit and civic competence
Democracy in America — Volume 1 · Alexis de Tocqueville
Recognize when appearance hijacks judgment and surface bias distorts decisions
Blink the power of thinking without thinking · Gladwell Malcolm
Travel for treatment
The 4-Hour Body An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, · Timothy Ferriss
Believe in your ability to learn while doubting your current knowledge
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know · Adam Grant