Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6
Chris Williamson, Shaan Puri, George Mack and Jack Butcher swap ideas on crypto coin scams, prediction markets, fake dopamine apps, taste versus AI slop, kids and screens, generosity and what real product-market fit looks like.
The gist
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George argues trying harder to sleep makes sleep worse, and Chris says training hard matters more than any protein timing or other optimization.
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George uses a habit from Billy Oppenheimer called what I like about what I like, noting why he likes things to build taste.
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Chris recommends occasionally leaving an absurdly big tip, like 30% or 100%, saying its impact beats regularly tipping 25%.
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Shaan says the AI assistant Instinct found $2,000 the state of California owed his wife, and later texted to ask about a birthday party.
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George says true product-market fit means customers keep buying even if they dislike you, citing LMNT and iPhone users who never switched.
"There's a wonderful exercise I got from my friend Billy Oppenheimer... what I like about what I like, where whenever he sees something that he likes he will just capture it, put it in his phone, and then try and explain to himself why he likes it. And then I created a what I d..."
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Chris Williamson recommends it
"Every so often leaving an absurdly big tip if you can afford it... If you're on the path to learning to be a better, more pro-social human, I think this is a good one. If you can do a 30% or 100% tip on a meal like that, I like the idea of that more than I like the idea of reg..."
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Shaan Puri uses it
"Instinct is like the hot startup version of this... I gave her access and I was like, just use this like it's an assistant. It can do anything... tell it to go ask if the state of California owes you any money. And then it comes back two minutes later: 'Yeah, you actually owed..."
▶ Play at 1:55:4018 creators recommend it, including Harry Stebbings, Kevin Rose, and Sheel Mohnot.
See all on the Instinct pageWhat they recommend · 6 picks
"There's a wonderful exercise I got from my friend Billy Oppenheimer... what I like about what I like, where whenever he sees something that he likes he will just capture it, put..."
"Every so often leaving an absurdly big tip if you can afford it... If you're on the path to learning to be a better, more pro-social human, I think this is a good one. If you ca..."
"Instinct is like the hot startup version of this... I gave her access and I was like, just use this like it's an assistant. It can do anything... tell it to go ask if the state ..."
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See what they all swear by Or pick your own peopleChris Williamson
3 picks · host
"Every so often leaving an absurdly big tip if you can afford it... If you're on the path to learning to be a better, more pro-social human, I think this is a good one. If you ca..."
"There's these dudes called Crown Cinema and they do the most obsessive deep dives into movies... the most incredible breakdowns of like Shutter Island or Inception and like the ..."
"Speaking as a man that really, really likes Crocs, in some airports you're not allowed to wear them on the escalators... That's why sport mode is only to be used in extreme circ..."
Shaan Puri
2 picks · guest
"Instinct is like the hot startup version of this... I gave her access and I was like, just use this like it's an assistant. It can do anything... tell it to go ask if the state ..."
"Get off Twitter, social media. Go read a book. A good book I recommend is Think on These Things by Krishnamurti. Good book."
George Mack
1 pick · guest
"There's a wonderful exercise I got from my friend Billy Oppenheimer... what I like about what I like, where whenever he sees something that he likes he will just capture it, put..."
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