I hear your point and self-investment is valuable. Learning and adaptability are key to success. However, external factors like opportunity and systemic barriers also play a role. While knowledge is powerful, it’s not always enough; access matters. Especially with the rhetoric of the current US govt
I recently heard Bill Gates say on a podcast that being a lifelong learner is his best skill and even at the peak of running Microsoft, he devoted 2 weeks a year away from everything to catch up in areas he wanted/needed to learn about.
Sending this to my son, a science geek studying data analytics. Getting bogged down in some of the high end maths is a continuous motivation struggle. He needs this. Thanks
Everyone should be reading and learning ancient stoic philosophy which is what this philosophy of yours is very much akin to. Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and Epictetus.
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The bottom 50% make 10% of total adjusted income. You know, people who wake up 5 mornings a week, get dressed, and spend 8 hours doing “work”. When you divide their income into total GDP, it’s 6%. They know what’s happening, it’s why they don’t vote. https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2024/
That thinking won’t get you anywhere. Cunning and leverage carry some amount of work. Read about French courtiers under King Louis XIV. Lots of effort.
Maybe lack of ethics is what you’re after.
Anyway, there’s plenty of self-made millionaires and billionaires.
There are zero millionaires and above who didn’t need other people to do work for them, zero. So… now we’re back to cunning. The game is to hide your own profits and pay helpers as little as possible, thereby sucking the most value out of other people whilst injecting few of your own resources.
Odds of one billionaire doing right by us vs odds of lower classes uniting against their oppressors... It is difficult to say which is higher. My hope is on the latter.
I tell doctoral students this all the time! We teach content and try to teach critical thinking, but this is where you learn to learn. I also now have a programming job...coming out of a clinical science program!...because of digging in to learning tech.
Second!
So are you learning about the situation unfolding in front of us? Doing anything about it? It’s all out in the open. They plan on crashing the value of the dollar and replacing it with crypto. Total collapse of the old economy to rebuild in their favor. Or are we just ignoring their explicit agenda?
This is surprisingly realistic coming from someone of such a high status. Wise words Mr. Cuban. I always say the greatest thing I learned from going to college (still a mistake, personally) was learning how to learn. It is something a lot of people ignore and/or take for granted, but it's important.
I spent the next two years of Saturdays hanging out in that store and another I found nearer to me buying books to teach myself how to use and write BASIC programs and experiment with a bit of machine language.
Then I got a job in a store selling computers at 17 years old. I’m 59 now, founded my first AI software company in 2002, currently CRO for another, and writing my business plan for the next one now.
Teach yourself daily. Be a sponge. Selling is about getting excited and passing on that excitement.
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I knew nothing about the fields I went into. I read everything I could, laws, regulations, white papers, ask people who knew what they were doing to teach me and asked those more knowledgeable to correct me. I became quite the expert because of my own drive and determination…and my ADHD 💪💪💪
I've learned that hacking offshore accounts to drain money from those with more than they could accumulate in 500 lifetimes can help in supplementing those who cannot afford to survive one lifetime. 👀
I love that you say that learning is a skill. A skill that certain people lack (you know who I'm referring to) because they think they know everything already.
I love the selling advice, regardless of your particular field. A common misconception about selling is that you need to be a jerk, or deceptive. Not the case. It's all about relationships - listening and then acting with integrity. If you believe in what you're selling it kind of sells itself.
Thank you for that pep talk. Going through a job change right now and it is scary. Just invested some of my savings into upgrading my programing skill with the hope it will pay off. But reading that was the extra encouragement I needed to stick to this goal I've set.
How do I know that people have gotten “old”? It’s when they say, “I’m too old to learn that.” And it’s usually not true. An older person once told me they were “too old” to learn how to use a computer. Two years later, they complained that their Wi-Fi was out and they couldn’t get online.
my best advice for future investment is the removal and incarceration of trump and the rest of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, Vance, Musk, and Johnson. cant spend money if the society is not stable.
What is your lowest paid employee making? If it's $7.25 an hour which I can almost guarantee it is. Then I don't think these cop out feel good posts mean much to most of us. Because someone making $7 bucks an hour has to work multiple jobs and doesn't get to invest in anything.
Lol. No. My housekeeper makes $28 per hour, plus full benefits. I don't pay anyone minimum wage. And every company I have sold, I have paid out millions of dollars in bonuses. Every single employee got bonused. Many in regular jobs became millionaires
At least according to glassdoor your lowest paid employee is $16 an hour. A janitor somewhere I think they need a raise to match the house keeper. But I do appreciate the fact that I was wrong here. 16 an hour is pretty close to min wage in some places though ;)
Today's standards and cost of living increases,$28 an hour is less than minimum wage.Wealth inequality is why we have record hunger, homeless & unhealthy people.Billionaires won't admit that the wealth we created for them should be shared."There will never be wealth distribution" billionaires quote.
“Knowledge, once gained, can never be taken away-and can be applied to the rest of your life, for the rest of your life. Investing in yourself will produce better long-term results than any other investment you can make.”
After WWII, we invested in US, and the payoff was enormous in so many ways.
Don't forget the overwhelming value of your local community college! In NC, a Python class will run you less than $500, books included! Not to mention that it's probably going to be an industry pro teaching the class!!
I hate it when people say they're not good at math. What that tells me is they've likely never had a good math teacher. Kids who have an aptitude for math seem to get the best teachers in school in advanced/honors classes. But it's the kids who struggle a bit with math who need the best teachers!
I got my teaching cert (with emphasis in Middle Grades Math) after retiring at 52. I was going to sub but I wanted the skills to enjoy the classroom & to really help kids while their teacher was out. It took a year but it was well worth it. People have no idea what it takes to be a teacher!
Not everyone gets to go to school. It's nice that you are doing well by your own merit, but do not fail to see the privilege it is that not everyone has the same access to.
I've always found it strange that so many people are willing to say out loud that they're not good at math. Do you ever hear anybody say, "oh, I can't really read"?
Mark. Thank you for being an inspiration to so many of us. I truly enjoyed your MasterClass (recently listened to it twice!). Excellent stuff. Please keep on keeping on - as we old guys like to say! :)
I was just saying that I wasn't sure what to make of him yet. It feels more and more like how Musk exploits the right - he did it to the left first btw. I think anyone left of right needs to be very careful about letting their guard down.
Great advice - to make the effort and take the time to learn stuff. Maybe it starts with an active mind and a spark of curiosity. It seems some of the commenters are confused by the word “investment”.
What advice would you give to a teacher, someone who is passionate about education and very good at getting kids to learn? Those of us who fill these important roles in society are often stuck with the whims of politicians and the financial sector.
There is a big need for special education teachers. My friend is doing 2 hour sessions on Saturday. She's doing well. Being a teacher is the most important job in the world. Good luck with everything you do.
I have also found these things to be true….although I have not quite achieved the financial success you have 😌…Even so, I had a successful and rewarding career and so far am enjoying a comfortable retirement.
Got three degrees after stressed high school: music, religion, business. Witnessed uncertainty, hunger but found life friendships best experience from multiple "degrees"🌹Struggled in learning but loved the pursuit of knowledge. Gained skills that kept me fed, clothed and sheltered. What is enough?🦅
I agree. I am v v old. So my investments as a grandma is in my grand kids. Summer camps, painting, I want them to learn and read and understand history. Yeah nice to code but I want people who have had philosophy, have read and understand other countries.
Sure, Mark. Just what we need: unsolicited advice from a white man member of the class than is literally annihilating every structure that doesn’t benefit them or that keeps them at bay. I will listen to you the day I see you give away most of your money and in front of the WH protesting.
Have watched my son do this. Watch tv—not much. Listen to free lectures from MIT, other top science unis, absolutely. Learn about processes at work beyond his own—boom. That’s how a biomaterials PHD gets to redesign a pay system for a steel mill,refine mfg process, new project: reduce energy use.
Love this thanks for sharing! Another thing that’s usually something successful people share is “curiosity”. Curious people are always looking for opportunities to learn. It’s what many MAGA people are missing. One example is green energy. If more curious they could learn new skills & thrive.
It's never too late to reinvent, reinvest in who you are and who you want to become. I bought 135 acres and will build a campground one tree at a time. No capital, no income. And it's the best I have ever felt in my life.
It will be catastrophic to mass amounts of people. I agree that learning is a skill, but when there are no jobs that pay a wage, it won’t be helpful. Mutual aid is going to be a lifeline.
I actually get sad thinking about how I can never learn EVERYTHING, but I can at least learn as much as possible. You never know what will come in handy when.
This is exactly what Elon wants. He’s going to run everything through X. Tax returns, Social Security checks and it will be paid in cryptocurrency and he will take a cut of every payment going in and out of X. It’s been his plan all along
This is particularly timely. I can imagine a lot of people are feeling unfairly treated and pessimistic about the path to progress. I have past experience of governments with a similar predisposition and the communities who effected change were the ones that invested in themselves and worked harder.
Mark Cuban is one of the rare billionaires that actually still care about ethics and helping the people. Just look at his low cost pharmacy alternative. Look at how he gave his time to expose Trump’s tariff plan as against the American people. We need more people like him.
That’s a business venture that he makes money from, though. Yeah, he’s a million percent better than the rest, but the only ethical billionaire is someone who spends all his money on building hospitals, fixing schools with crumbling infrastructure etc
Being a billionaire is unnecessary + unethical.
worst jobs I ever had were sales jobs…most boring friggin jobs in the world…there is not a product on this planet that I could truthfully promote as the be all end all, let alone sell…I rather get my teeth pulled.
I think "learn to sell" doesn't just mean literally doing sales. It means "self-promotion" and delivering your ideas in a desirable way. Even as a professional, it helps to package yourself to employers in a way that makes them pick you over the competition. Under capitalism, we ALL work in "sales".
Which is why we NEED to dismantle Capitalism. However long it takes. Develop a new system to replace it, not designed around productive capital's private ownership. Doesn't HAVE to be communism, capitalism vs. communism is a false binary choice, promoted by extremists (on both ends).
I lothe selling shit to people who don't want it. It's all just too much lying. "Here by this thing, it may or may not solve your problem for a little bit of your extended existence on this planet, but it'll sit in a landfill (not decomposing) for a gazillion years. And, it's on sale!
I beg to differ, sir. I have forgotten 99% of everything I’ve ever learned. Got a B in Calculus. Could not tell you what sine and cosine are anymore. Is pi involved somehow? I don’t know. 🤷
Took two Italian classes in college. Can remember about 10 phrases.
Just look to Kevin O'Learys' comments on CNN to see what every billionaire is like.They'll never acknowledge that we made them billionaires.They'll never admit they prefer socialism amongst themselves but prefer hard-core capitalism for us.He said we'll never see wealth distribution. It's ours too!
Absolutely! Keep learning and most of us can teach ourselves just about anything. And, we can do it for free or at low cost without 4 yr degrees. The most valuable thing Most I have learned were not from my college years.
After #NAFTASHAFTYA put our paid in full, non bank mortgaged machine shop out of business I learned nobody would hire an HONEST corporate bookkeeper who closed the books in the black without even owing taxes, much less filing any form of bankruptcy.
I don't always agree with Mark. On this matter he is spot on. Put in the effort to learn first about yourself in any way you can. Study those who are successful. Loss is part of the effort truly. Learn from loss. Be mindful. Return on investment is your reward
And study the tax code learn about every single write off, be creative with deductions and learn how to pay minimal taxes just like the billionaires do 😊
But if you learn to sell then it doesn't matter if you believe in what you're selling or if you're selling something that actually benefits anyone, you can sell anything! Sell sell sell! Sell like Mark's selling his image as the benevolent billionaire!
Although I absolutely agree with the sentiment that investing in yourself is only ever a good thing, some people can't even get a chance to do that because everyday has to be focused on "how do I feed my children and myself this week" lots of people are in survival mode not out of choice but need.
I read all the books on gardening in library, didn't stop me from managing to drown onions despite following instructions.
OTOH, I went YOLO & grew jan/feb/mar carrots using a trash bag lining a cardboard box with a bunch of flower-grade soil from 4 years ago, with my cat's water spray bottle.
Why invest in yourself to "get ahead" of other people? Why not invest in yourself to help those around you? We can all benefit from lifting each other up rather than just trying to get ahead of the next guy. I think that's part of the problem with culture in American business. "Me, me, me..."
Lifting oneself up first doesn’t preclude you from lifting others up. Elevating your game can only aid in investing in those around you. Teeter totters work when one has the leverage to lift another.
No. You are correct. It doesn't preclude it. But we to often emphasize getting ahead of the other guy while failing too emphasize the "we" part. It plays out clearly in our economy. CEO pay and benefits? Teacher pay and benefits? We too often reward greed and literally punish community service.
2> When one owns & develops businesses & invests in other businesses …they invest in the success of those they are lifting up; those who are putting in the work to make those businesses successful.
Good point, but I think I could be wrong, that what he's explaining is how a person learns. It is at first glance all about me, but there's a second step, which shows mastery of the subject, teaching someone else, passing on the craft, which is what he is doing by writing out what he went through.
Sure. And I like Mark. Lots of good ideas lifting people up. But it doesn't change the emphasis on getting ahead of others. Emphasize step 2. Right now that's a big problem, and it's why people in education, social work, public health, etc.., get too little respect. We need less "me". More "we".
Billionaires/ govt have socialism but don't want us to be part of it. We get the scraps they offer as capitalism.They have healthcare,pensions,bailouts,subsidies,guaranteed income for life.They share the wealth we created for them only for them. Kevin O'Leary said their quiet part out loud on CNN
You can not give until your cup is full. When your cup runeth over then you can share. Its ok to be singularly focused and confident in ones own skill. He is offering a tip for business success, its not supposed to be a lesson in morality.
There's nothing wrong with investing in yourself at all. The problem is the emphasis on getting ahead of others. Invest in yourself, but emphasize that we are all in this together. Teachers, social workers, artists, scientists, public health physicians... millions of people do this successfully.
Idk my money is pretty clean and have never hurt or impaired my community it made me into a an individual multimillionaire in my family just by myself at age 4
the old man said pay yourself first.
as I would say
be an expert in one thing, be a dedicated amateur in everything else.
practice the art of active listening and revel in the joy of being present.
Spoken like a real Pittsburgh legend, proud of you Mark,best words spoken is that knowledge can’t be taken from you,and with that comes self respect and confidence to invest in your self…its a challenge some are not up to the task,its not easy for some,its a life challenge,but there's always hope
There are too few people these days that are investing in themselves... not learning skills, new or otherwise, you've got to also maintain the investments you've made in skills you already have. It's really true what they say, "use it or lose it".
Very good advice! Especially the part dealing with accounting and finance. There are far too many people that have their finances working against them rather than for them.
Thanks mark. Im currently studying economics, got an exam tomorrow and this motivated to keep striving and keep learning. Im leaving no stone turned in that econs book of mine until tomorrow, and then Ill probably still try to understand it more after. Thanks 🙏❤️
I go down rabbit holes RESEARCHING (What's the largest desert in the world? Antarctica). Being hungry for knowledge, reading a lot, ARE life changing and you don't need a degree. The other thing that gets results is CONSISTENCY. Even arists/writers know you have to have a routine to keep producing.
Some very sound advice but most importantly is the last paragraph of salesmanship. Musk and the little boy only have the last paragraph. The used car salesmen part. They don’t have any of the first part of your advice. Both those guys started out with daddy’s money not needing any other skill
Mark, your platitudes are tone deaf. Our democracy is crumbling, trump is a Putin lacky, his appointments are Russian assets. Your advice on increasing personal wealth making money is shocking when our democracy is in peril.
Best investment advice? I put all my money in learning how to make more money. Still waiting for the ROI. 😂 Any tips, @mcuban? Or should I start selling AI-generated NFTs?
My best internal drive comes from within. You have to motivate yourself to get out of your comfort zone & just do it. Stop making excuses, understand what's holding you back & go for it.
Contrast a billionaire like Cuban, who is trying to build people and his country up, with billionaires like Musk and Thiel, who only know how to tear people down and delight in the pain of others.
Wealth is a precarious thing. It's tough to hold space for someone who could easily buy your life if they wanted to. No matter what, being rich isn't a personality trait, but it can be a behavior.
My best advice is: spread you investments around- like butter, when you choose what to invest in - don’t choose new risky stocks unless you can afford to lose that money- and don’t follow the crowd.
Absolutely! Dealing with stress is another very important skill to learn early. Having effective methods to manage stress is an excellent self investment!
This is so spot-on. Way back I was learning the skills to be a shop teacher but landed in retail. Today I’ve combined what I learned to be a pen maker with my own Brick & Mortar retail pen shop with my workshop on-site.
Sometimes you learn things without realizing how important they’ll be to know.
My best investment advice is that we TAX BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE and get goddamn healthcare already
If you can’t survive on
$999,999,999, you probably need to be eaten
I taught myself two languages using Duolingo and learned the history of the world through Simon Whistler. Little things like that every day make a huge difference over time.
Education doesn't always come from a school of any sort other than life and out of necessity. Those lessons you never forget.
Everyones definition of quality of life is different.
Absolutely. You can learn things without going to school or paying any money. There’s libraries and the internet. There’s also mental health and wellbeing, where you can learn in an emotional capacity.
True story: offered a job by a big firm, a good salary and perks. A friend offered me an opportunity to, essentially, bet on myself. I turned down the big firm. The hiring partner asked why and I said I'm betting on me. Best year of my life and earned more than the offer from the big firm.
Why won’t you speak out publicly. Not post in social media, call a news conference. The only leader to emerge is Chris Kluwe and, without a doubt, Luigi Mangione. We need to emulate both of their actions and we need to do it now.
Yep, and when I've gone into a job interview and said I was self-taught, I didn't get hired. I went to college, got 2 degrees, and then became a displaced worker.
The problem with *business* is when people treat it like *business* instead of treating people like human beings.
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Okay, this is a fact. When you work for the federal government and wake up daily, terrified a pair of madmen will take your job and you may wind up on the street I'd say things have certainly changed.
I'm self-employed and have to monitor my income CLOSELY, because my son is disabled and his support is based on my income. If I make too much, he gets screwed.
⬆️ We need to be having that discussion, and how the system is perpetuating being poor, and making it more difficult to survive crisis.
I feel this. I’ve lived so many lives and done so many amazing very different things in my life through each phase and each one required me to learn something I didn’t know before. I try to do challenging projects for fun to stay sharp and keep growing. Even if it never makes me a dime.
Hey Mark. I am a solopreneur with a health and fitness company. I want to see if AI can help. What is your opinion of the best place/ book for prompts and what it can do?
I made a fair amount from Elon Musk. I invested in his competitors. I knew eventually he’d fuck things up, push his talent to other businesses in the field, and their best work would come away from Elon.
That’s a good thing for the investments. The talent won’t want to work for him, and will move to Rocket lab, Lucid, Rivian, etc and so will the buying public.
Probably not, but he did learn the wholesale pharmaceutical industry and brought huge savings to US consumers on prescription drugs 👊🏼. I haven’t used it yet, but I likely will some day.
Ok but lately it seems the best self-investment is learning how to garden, repair your own things, sew, fish, hunt, knit.
Learn an instrument, take care of your body, read more books. Connect with sane parts of society, protest. Take walks with the kids/grandkids. Turn off social media.
That paper (as yet an unpublished blog from World Bank looked at using AI software as a virtual tutor in a Nigerian setting. Each AI session was an additional after hours software driven tutorial. This was additional to teaching provided and involved learning NOT thinking. There is a difference
Using AI software to practice language (in this case English) is completely different from the concept of learning to reason and think. The paper I provided looks at that. It’s an order of magnitude more complex than practising a language.
I think sometimes these sites aren’t inquiring enough
That investment allows you to move around and never feel stuck in your employment - 100%! Early in my career the best advice I got was to take advantage of any paid training and understand that corporations are fickle, so keep your own best interests in mind.
☝️This!!!! Like you, additional training gave me options. It allowed me to meet people from other areas of the company or the industry. I would take any type of training because you just never know.
Some of us just have awful life stories that get in the way of our making good money! I agree learning is the best chance of improving your financial situation, unfortunately it’s not everything!
I agree. Recently I decided to become a retail trader. That decision came about because I got tired of working long hrs just to pay the bills, while making someone else rich. Learning a new thing is not easy but I know I’ll reap the rewards later. Freedom of time, money and location is the goal.
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FWIW, I get up 5 days a week, travel 3.5 hours round trip, to work for a rigorous tech company.
But, I also spend 1 hour a day doing each:
- Exercising
- Running my side business
- Writing music
- Reading/Learning
You can work & invest in yourself.
Maybe lack of ethics is what you’re after.
Anyway, there’s plenty of self-made millionaires and billionaires.
Make yourself valuable and you will always have opportunities.
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My parents imparted much wisdom, among them:
What you learn is always yours and can never be taken away.
Travel the world, explore the unknown, experiences stay with you, stuff is meaningless.
Rn I'm learning about guns, farming, living off grid, and the easiest countries to move to for Americans in 2025!
Second!
In the fall of 1979 a friend from middle school told me he saw a “home computer” in a store you could play video games on.
The next weekend we went down to see it together at the first computer store in Vancouver Canada, Byte Computers.
Teach yourself daily. Be a sponge. Selling is about getting excited and passing on that excitement.
I knew nothing about the fields I went into. I read everything I could, laws, regulations, white papers, ask people who knew what they were doing to teach me and asked those more knowledgeable to correct me. I became quite the expert because of my own drive and determination…and my ADHD 💪💪💪
There will be a time to invest once we know our country has a future. Right now, most Americans are trying to just survive the next 4 years or more.
We should never stop learning and listening.
This is the one point I always point out to those who don't know where to start.
Build up yourself, educate yourself. Invest in your knowledge and skills.
After WWII, we invested in US, and the payoff was enormous in so many ways.
So, I went back to school for Data Analytics to master something I didn't think I could do. Actively teaching myself Python right now.
It isn't just an investment in myself, but it's modeling the importance of lifelong learning for my kids.
Lol. Just kidding, that’s awesome for you.
Like, go learn math then. It's pretty important.
There are no shortcuts. You make the path by walking it.
Can you explain the policy change to support Putin is gong to kill the dollar and drive up prices ?
Being a billionaire is unnecessary + unethical.
Took two Italian classes in college. Can remember about 10 phrases.
Use or Lose It - ah, fuck it
It can be shared without diminishing the bestower.
(I never realized that. Until someone shared, and we were the better for it.)
Knowledge also doesn't put food in your mouth if you chose knowledge that won't let you milk the next speculative bubble.
OTOH, I went YOLO & grew jan/feb/mar carrots using a trash bag lining a cardboard box with a bunch of flower-grade soil from 4 years ago, with my cat's water spray bottle.
remove all the wish bones
from chickens and turkeys
dry thoroughly
make wish at midnight
If he lives to be 100 and doesn’t earn another penny, Mark Cuban could spend more than $400,000 EVERY DAY and not run out of money.
He has enough. Far more than enough.
If you look at where he came from & what he is doing I believe you will see he is lifting up those around him.
Yes with great wealth or any blessings comes great responsibility …who determines exactly what those responsibilities are?
Do you agree?
Businesses, especially large businesses, enrich a few at the expense of the rest of us.
Just because someone believes that they are helping people doesn’t mean they are.
"There is no such thing as an ethical billionaire."
Read that out loud again.
as I would say
be an expert in one thing, be a dedicated amateur in everything else.
practice the art of active listening and revel in the joy of being present.
as my mentor said
do good, have fun, make money
Nobody is ever going to take care of you better than yourself.
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I dont believe in the selfsuggesive business book, dont delude yourself !
ABC: Always Be Curious
Sometimes you learn things without realizing how important they’ll be to know.
If you can’t survive on
$999,999,999, you probably need to be eaten
Everyones definition of quality of life is different.
The problem with *business* is when people treat it like *business* instead of treating people like human beings.
🤔
⬆️ We need to be having that discussion, and how the system is perpetuating being poor, and making it more difficult to survive crisis.
Always makes me question my priors and helps me learn more
#longtimeleukemiasufferer
I only ask because it seems both you & Warren were noted at the very bottom.
One shouldn’t over-sacrifice, but leading/benefitting ones neighbors has a huge impact than can rapidly expand…
Apparently I’m pretty decent at it.
Learn an instrument, take care of your body, read more books. Connect with sane parts of society, protest. Take walks with the kids/grandkids. Turn off social media.
https://youtu.be/0podeuv7djM?si=T8v93u8Mraj2NM0I
Sometimes LLMs can slow the process for some tasks as they hallucinate when they encounter conflicting information.
I like to build closed repositories of research to have the LLM focus on interpreting papers for a specific use case.
I think sometimes these sites aren’t inquiring enough
The disappointing reality of time: it vaporizes some of the knowledge you worked so hard for. Papers still on the wall. The subject, a vague memory.
Knowledge is a tool, not currency.
If you use it, you gain value.
If you put it in the bank, its value diminishes over time.
She died just short of her 89th birthday. She never had dementia but she no longer had as many stories to tell.
Lifelong learning is still a laudable goal.
Just invest a little in yourself everyday first, health/wealth/relationships, it increases your chances of success so much!
And that tax payers do not own our 💵 printing machine
Mark Cuban still thinks he owns our 💵 printing machine 😉