I’m a minimalist entrepreneur who loves exploring the world (42 countries), learning new things (7 languages), and trying to get better every day (working on my back squat).
I write about entrepreneurship, financial independence and building an optimized and happy life through systems, good habits, and scientific research.
Artificial Intelligence has been in the news a lot lately and will only get more popular as it gets more capable. Even between scientists and futurists, some like Ray Kurzweil think it will usher in a utopia, whiles others like Elon Musk, think we're "summoning the demon." What is clearly obvious is that AI is already changing our world.
Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), an albatross starts to follow the ship. Being followed by the large sea bird was seen as a sign of good luck. Then some idiot sailor shot the bird with his crossbow and everyone got mad at him because...
For 40 years he did the same thing every day. He woke up and wrote for 3 hours, then he lectured at the same university for 3 hours, then lunch at the same restaurant, usually with the same friend. Followed by a long walk around the same park, taking the same route, leaving, and returning at the same time every day. His neighbors joked that they could set their watches by when he left his house...
I’ve always heard that a good diet is based on 2,000 calories. If you want to lose weight, one way is to eat less than that. If you want to gain weight, eat more than that. Whether you gain fat or muscle depends on what you eat. It even says a diet is based on 2,000 calories on the nutrition label of my Honey Nut Cheerios. I didn’t really know how much 2,000 calories was and what I...
Tracking customer churn is vital for a business. Sales and marketing is important but keeping customers is much less expensive and time-consuming.
Hey hey. I'm Trajan. I'm a minimalist entrepreneur who loves exploring the world (42 countries), learning new things (7 languages) and trying to get better every day (working on my backsquat).
I write about entrepreneurship and building an optimized and happy life through systems, good habits and scientific research.
Join me and we'll discover how we can build businesses we can be proud of.
