The Importance of Aging

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I'm like trying to set typically a one week experiment with someone and I'm asking them, well, what do you think will work? We come up with lists of five, 10, 15, 20 things. Usually it's more than they realize. Then we might stack a few of them, two or three, four, five, maybe just one. And then we try to over-determine it and try to make sure as many of these things are embedded. So doing the reminders, doing the accountability, doing the team effect, doing the dog, everything is necessary.

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How can you live your best life? What's a good definition of "wisdom"? What are some possible taxonomies of life outcomes? What are some low-hanging fruit in the realm of self-improvement? What are some useful behavior change frameworks and techniques?

All his life, James Norris has been searching for the best ways to change himself and change the world. He started as an entrepreneur at age 6 and since has co-founded or helped build 9 businesses and 16 organizations, including the premier conference for the effective altruism movement, the world's first global lifehacking event series, Southeast Asia's first social innovation hackathon series, and a university for today's Leonardo da Vincis. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin as a triple major / quadruple minor. Find more about him at jamesnorris.org and upgradable.org.

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