Smart Nonsense

*LIVE* episode 45 with Henry and Dylan.Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK:Zero to One by Peter ThielDishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Why Competition is for losersWhat important truth do few people agree with you on?Humans vs robotsLinksHow to make $40,000/year from a SIDE HUSTLE | Smart Nonsense Pod #21Avthar Sewrathan: How to Stumble Upon a Business Idea | Smart Nonsense Pod #37How to Get Rich: Every Episode | NavalDerek Sivers INTERVIEW: Seth GodinTalking Tech with Elon Musk! | Marques BrownleeAnything You Want by Derek SiversSilicon Valley | IMDbThe Social Network | IMDbNobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press |  NetflixPeter Thiel: Going from Zero to One | Chicago IdeasKevin Kelly Ray KrocMark TwainPalantirFounders FundThe Lean StartupSnapchatUberPayPalEtsy[Heads up: We get a $ kickback from some of these recs, so if you buy something, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 44 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're talking with Avthar Sewrathan, a Princeton CS grad who founded Afari, and is now currently working as a developer advocate.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:How a Kid from South Africa Ended up at PrincetonEverything is negotiableRethinking the Schooling SystemLinksConnect with Avthar Sewrathan:Avthar.com | Weekly Wisdom Email | Twitter | InstagramAvthar’s Articles:Starter Kit: Your Reflected Best Self (RBS)Princeton Talk: Self-Awareness and Finding Your Fit Avthar Sewrathan: How to Stumble Upon a Business Idea | Smart Nonsense Pod #37Book Club: Anything You Want | Smart Nonsense Pod #39Ian Lapham: The hidden backdoor to success | Smart Nonsense Pod #43Getting Strategic With Personal Productivity | David AllenDesigning Your Life | Bill Burnett | TEDxStanfordWIRED By Design: Radical Ideas for Reinventing College, From Stanford's D.School | WIREDHenry Belcaster: VitaLives First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge | Farnam StreetThe Story Behind Building a Second Brain | Forte LabsThe 4-Hour Workweek by Tim FerrissExcellent Sheep by William DeresiewiczDesigning Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave EvansDesigning Your Work Life by Bill Burnett and Dave EvansNaval RavikantRamit SethiJosh WaitzkinChamath PalihapitiyaDavid ProudTiago ForteTED TalksNamecheapHere's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 43 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're talking with Ian Lapham, a classmate from Brown, on discovering the hidden backdoor to success. Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:The importance of "suitcase skills"Why you need a Twitter MBAINTENTIONS - The reason why you don't know your purposeLinksConnect with Ian Lapham:Twitter | Medium | UniswapBrian FlynnIan Lapham: Blockchain for Dummies | Smart Nonsense Pod #42Would You Pay $200K for Harvard Online? | Smart Nonsense Pod #11Avthar Sewrathan: How to Stumble Upon a Business Idea | Smart Nonsense Pod #37Book Club: The Coddling of the American Mind | Smart Nonsense Pod #41How to Get Rich: Every Episode | Twitter | NavalMaking Money Isn’t About Luck | NavalThe Playing Field | Graham DuncanThe 4-Hour Workweek by Tim FerrissYam.Finance | TwitterCoinbaseOpenSeaJohn Hancock FinancialCamelBakNordstromTelegram MessengerReddit[Heads up: Sometimes we get a $ kickback from these recs, so if you buy, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 42 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're talking with Ian Lapham, a classmate from Brown, on all things crypto.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:A peek to the WORLD of cryptocurrenciesCryptocurrencies: The good and the badHow algorithms can be used as a WEAPON against youLinksConnect with Ian Lapham:Twitter | Medium | LinkedIn | InstagramUniswapThe New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael LewisHow to Get Rich: Every Episode | NavalThe Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo | The Tim Ferriss Show#56 Zardulu | Reply AllInvestor Bulletin: Initial Coin Offerings | US Securities and Exchange CommissionSatoshi NakamotoSteve JobsDevin FinzerDeadmau5Cream.FinanceCoinbaseCompound.FinanceYam.Finance | TwitterSpaghetti.Money4chanMaker DAOUMA SolanaJavaScriptJohn Hancock FinancialHere's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

*LIVE* episode 41 with Henry and Dylan.Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK:The Coddling Of The American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan HaidtDishin' out Smart Nonsense about:HOW YOU are being coddledThe THREE great untruthsPrepare your child for the road, not the road for the childLinksThe Coddling Of The American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan HaidtFriend Chats: Active vs Passive Investing—what’s better? | Smart Nonsense Pod #20Book Club: Excellent Sheep Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #34Book Club: Excellent Sheet Pt. 2 | Smart Nonsense Pod #35The Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtExcellent Sheep by William DeresiewiczRange by David EpsteinThe Better Angels Of Our Nature by Steven PinkerThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHow To Become Batman | Invisibilia | NPR25 Things I Wish I Knew As A Freshman In College | Henry Belcaster New Zealand's School Without Rules | SBS DatelineCNNFox News[Heads up: We get a $ kickback from some of these recs, so if you buy something, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 40 with Dylan—Today he's talking with Jennie Dyer, a hometown friend who is currently getting her doctorate in occupational therapy from Duquesne University.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:JENNIE DYER: Going in-depth with an occupational therapistThe main reason most people FAIL in building healthy habitsDiscover how to SUCCEED when motivations waneLinksConnect with Jennie:Website | Instagram Friend Chats: How to Build Habits You Crave | Smart Nonsense Pod #26Tiny Habits by BJ FoggThe Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggInfluence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. CialdiniDuquesne UniversityQuinnipiac UniversityThe Office | IMDbCarl RogersLinkedInHere's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 39 with Henry and Dylan.Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK:Anything You Want by Derek SiversDishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Anything You Want: A counterintuitive book for designing your dream businessHow to QUANTIFY the value of an ideaThe importance of REJECTING formalitiesLinksStep-by-Step Guide to Hiring Virtual Assistants | Smart Nonsense Pod #32Anything You Want by Derek SiversThe Third Door by Alex BanayanDelivering Happiness by Tony HsiehDerek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying "No" to Millions | The Tim Ferriss ShowTim Ferriss Interviews Noah Kagan of AppSumo.com | CreativeLiveThe 6 LIFE LESSONS For Every 25-30 Year Old | Gary Vee & Lewis Howes Hiring Lessons from Elon Musk | RecruiterboxKevin KellyCD BabyAndreessen HorowitzWarby ParkerSilicon ValleyFordTeslaXfinity[Heads up: We get a $ kickback from some of these recs, so if you buy something, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 38 with Henry and Dylan.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:3 pet peeves that drive us CRAZYScrew gifts—buy these insteadA MINDSET that’s essential for growthLinksBook Club: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #22Book Club: Never Split the Difference Pt. 2 | Smart Nonsense Pod #23Friend Chats: Should you vault out of finance? | Smart Nonsense Pod #31Principles: Life and Work by Ray DalioPaddle Your Own Canoe by Nick OffermanThe Magic of Thinking Big by David J. SchwartzThe Adventures of Johnny Bunko by Daniel H. PinkNever Split the Difference by Christopher Voss and Tahl RazSomeGoodNews | John KrasinskiThe Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist in Silicon Valley – Kara Swisher | The Tim Ferriss ShowTribe of Mentors | The Tim Ferriss ShowThe Daily | The New York TimesNewsletters | The New York TimesScott AdamsJoe BidenRay DalioTeslaBridgewater Associates[Heads up: We get a $ kickback from some of these recs, so if you buy something, thanks for supporting the pod.]Here's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 37 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're talking with Avthar Sewrathan, a Princeton CS grad who founded Afari, and is now currently working as a developer advocate.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:Avthar Sewrathan: Inside the MIND of a developer advocateLearn how PROBLEMS build companiesDylan’s INSANE automation system you need to uncoverLinksBook Club: I Will Teach You to Be Rich Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #15Pod Club: Interview with Kevin Kelly—Co-Founder of Wired & Most Interesting Man In The World?—on Tim Ferriss Show | Smart Nonsense Pod #25Why you DON’T need career plans | Smart Nonsense Pod #28Step-by-Step Guide to Hiring Virtual Assistants | Smart Nonsense Pod #323 Lessons from Working for a YouTuber | Smart Nonsense Pod #33Avthar Sewrathan | Twitter | YouTubeAvthar’s Articles:Starter Kit: Your Reflected Best Self (RBS) | AvtharPrinceton Talk: Self-Awareness and Finding Your Fit | AvtharThe Resume is Dead. And Content Killed it | Avthar What the heck is a Developer Advocate? | AvtharFounder Mentality | AvtharThe Tim Ferriss Show: Interview of Kevin Kelly, Co-Founder of WIRED, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World? | The Tim Ferriss ShowMatt Mullenweg on Polyphasic Sleep, Tequila, and Building Billion-Dollar Companies | The Tim Ferriss ShowHow to Get Rich: Every Episode | NavalGary Vaynerchuk | PodcastJoe Rogan - How To Workout Smarter | Firas Zahabi | YouTubeHow to ACTUALLY Stick to Your Goals and Routines | Noah KaganAndrew Schulz | YouTubeLiam Thompson | YouTubeThe 4-Hour Workweek by Tim FerrissDelivering Happiness by Tony HsiehI Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit SethiHere's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.

Episode 36 with Henry and Dylan.Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:CHINA: A journey to the other side of the worldTwo sides of China you MUST exploreAvoid crowds with this Great Wall hackLinksPod Club: Interview with Kevin Kelly—Co-Founder of Wired & Most Interesting Man In The World?—on Tim Ferriss Show | Smart Nonsense Pod #25Summer PalaceTiananmen SquareJuliulin Roast Duck ShopTrump Tower Hotel | Dylan Jardon | InstagramMy Friends In China | China Travel Vlog (2019) | Henry BelcasterInside China's Ghost Cities | 60 Minutes AustraliaChina's Real Estate Bubble | 60 MinutesA Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities, Giving Police Vast Powers | Paul Mozur and Aaron Krolik | The New York TimesDuolingoAirbnbAmtrakSnapchatHere's the full Show Notes.Watch Henry's last YouTube video.Read Dylan's last blog post.