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Here's your Saturday 7 roundup!

🥩 What never ceases to amaze me:

I'm not even going to link to it. 

But it never ceases to amaze me the mental gymnastics required to advocate that people should eat less beef because of GHG emissions.

Here they hype the possibility of a ~1% reduction in US GHG emissions by reducing beef consumption. Yet, in their analysis they ignore the replacement food externalities such as monocropping, transport, processing, health consequences, and economic impacts. 

Eat beef. Save the planet (and yourself).

🥛 What isn't milk:

At the risk of stating the obvious...

Replacing cow’s milk with plant-based alternatives significantly reduces the intake of key nutrients. (r)

If you're going to drink milk, drink milk.

👁️ What collab I didn't expect:

After 20 years without sight, Brent Chapman underwent a bizarre surgery using his tooth to restore his vision.

My brother is an ophthalmologist—this seems like a good collab opportunity!

💡 How to write a book:

Years ago, I read The War of Art. I highly recommend it. The author, Steven Pressfield, was on the Huberman podcast explaining how he writes a book and overcomes the Resistance.

The whole episode is great, but I thought he dropped one golden nugget in particular: he only writes for 2 hours a day. 

You don't have to quit your job or rearrange your whole life to write a book. You just have to commit 1-2 hours a day. 

Like Steven, this has been my approach with The Human Diet. For one, that’s about all the time I can afford to spend writing. But also, after one or two hours, both Steven and I experience drastically diminishing returns—any more time doesn’t add much progress.

Bonus: For me, I apply this concept across my life. For example, many hours of working out doesn't provide much (if any) more results than just one hour.

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

"Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance."

– Steven Pressfield, on the Resistance

📊 How to (not) invest:

A startup founder made a life changing sum of money. 

He then decided to run an A/B test on his investing: 

1) He’d give half of the money to a wealth management firm that charges ~1% for basic diversification

2) He’d manage the rest on his own, investing in things like stocks, startups, VC funds, real estate, crypto, etc.

My thoughts: 

If you're not actively managing your money (good idea for many people), you want to put your money in opportunities / assets that you believe will survive as long as you do and will beat inflation (monetary debasement).

I can count on one hand how many things I'd feel comfortable putting money into and letting it sit for 50 years...
 

🚿 How clean is your shower:

You might want to clean your showerhead...or at least let it heat up before stepping in.

As always, it's an honor getting to spend some time with you. 

Hope you have a great weekend!

Kevin

P.S.

Why I like living in the Midwest: the meat raffle.

Dr. Kevin Stock
Meat Health

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