Dru's Notes

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Dru's Notes episodes

  • The Nobel Prize Got Loss Aversion Wrong

    Loss aversion is called a cognitive bias. But the math says otherwise. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to recover. Some losses have no recovery at all.

    Featuring: Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky

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    2 min
  • Why Rest Days Made Everything Harder

    I kept a rest day each week for years. It made everything harder. There's a hidden cost to any gap in a habit: reactivation energy.

    Featuring: James Clear

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    2 min
  • Prediction Markets Are Accurate (That's the Problem)

    Prediction markets aggregate real information from people with real stakes. The accuracy is real. The influence that some participants have over the outcome is also real.

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    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

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    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG

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    2 min
  • The Trade You Make 100 Times a Day

    Each choice you make is an investment. You invest time, energy, attention, willpower. Sometimes money. The question is: what's your ROI?

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    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

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    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
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    2 min
  • I Run Every Business Idea Through These 11 Filters

    I've run hundreds of business ideas through 11 pass-or-fail filters. HeadsUp, Multi and Charm survived. Each filter covers personal use, daily frequency, platform potential, counter-positioning, portfolio fit, energy, revenue proximity, marginal costs, market size, passive value and evidence of demand.

    Featuring: Sam Altman, Hamilton Helmer

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    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

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    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
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    3 min
  • Will AI Take Your Job? The Rebuttal Is Incomplete

    Most tea bags contain plastic. Switching to loose leaf solved one problem and created another. Problems beget problems. And when it comes to AI and jobs, the rebuttal everyone repeats is incomplete.

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    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
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    2 min
  • Why I Went to the Gym at Midnight (The Streak Method)

    I got back to my apartment at midnight. My flight was at 5am.

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    Where to find Dru:

    Essays: https://druriley.com/

    X: https://x.com/DruRly
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427
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    2 min

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One mental model each day in a few minutes. Habits, business, building products and thinking clearly. From Dru Riley, founder of Trends.vc.