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It's finally time to tell you all.

My next book will be a hacker's guide to the human body. The working title is "From Rapid Fat Loss to Strongmen: A Guide to Becoming Superhuman." It has actually been planned for more than two years.

I've recorded almost every workout I've done since age 15, and my house looks like an ER, with dozens of gadgets and medical devices for capturing data. I've had hundreds of blood tests performed and have been doing this since 1996, with costs now

This is a recent 5-minute presentation I gave at Google I/O Ignite called "The Practicality of Pessimism: Stoicism as a Productivity System."

In it, I discuss the two most effective productivity techniques I've found since 2004, both borrowed from Stoicism. I include personal usage examples, as well as several from Seneca and Cato. The audio is quite low, so you'll need to up the volume.

Ponder this: could defining your fears be more important than defining your goals?

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I'm so excited about SU.PR, it's hard to contain.

For the last few weeks, the brilliant team at StumbleUpon and I have collaborated on the creation of a new product designed to do one thing: get you more traffic in less time.

It might just become the hub of your social media empire…

Prior to SU.PR (pronounced "super"), I had to use ping.fm for updating Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn at the same time, bit.ly for basic analytics like click-through, scattered tools for viewing retweets, and nothing allo

Up to no (coherent) good once again, The Random Show returns.

In episode 3, Kevin Rose and I discuss our top 5 must-read books, how we use them, and who should read them.

The 10 books are…

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

Getting Real

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-term World Travel

Seneca: Letters from a Stoic

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

Envisioning Information

The Tipping Point

8 Weeks to Optimum Health

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

The Intelligent Investor

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