Santiago Brave

Captures, are they necessary? I was introduced to the concept of captures from the “second brain” paradigm- where you have captures, areas, and projects. The problem is, the captures bin almost always ends up becoming a hairy mess of anything and everything. I am wondering how to make them useful but manageable. I do not…

Today is Friday- that means I get two and a half days of time to myself. Although I think it should be more. I think a four day work week should be standard, but that is besides the point. I am sitting at my desk trying to think of things to do but not really…

Utility rises with specificity and vision clarity Excessive personal weighting can reduce utility Good prompts contain three ordered sections Creating a custom GPT never seems to last. I have made plenty and each one gets used for a few days before I just default to the basic chats. Why is it that these never succeeded…

Organizing a system that abstracts your life and makes it easier and effective to plan, track, and manage your life is a difficult task. At the end of the day, it is like math- you need to simplify things to their essence so that you can manipulate them into a system that is flexible enough…

Right now, the United States is in the hands of a dangerous and stupid president. Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. I want him and all his cronies out of the government. The dream is that Trump is put in jail and his list of confidants turn on him. Next, all the liars and…

Previously, we rapid fired principles. Let’s pick up where we left off. The goal is to have long-term principles that are unwavering throughout life and give us a concrete meaning. It is what we live-and-die for, without something you are willing to die for- you live for nothing. Therefore, let us start by identifying the…

Right now, I have a problem. I have been successful. Successful in reducing distractions, optimizing workflows, and having organization of my life. It feels great- or does it…. The Optimization Paradox: When you optimize so well and provide yourself enough time and peace of mind that you are utterly lost about what to do with…

The problem with free speech is that people think it is all or nothing thing. People also use this right to spread hate speech and misinformation, with social media proving the platform to accelerate this behavior. Let’s start by stating the obvious; Freedom of speech in this context is a certain level of autonomy to…