Health and Triathlon
I am a believer of maintaining good health. If I am to do world changing work then it’d be treasonous to sacrifise my health.
I also believe that over-optimizing for health is a bit silly. I feel that Wisdom is really a dimensionality reduction on the complexity of the world. Elite engineers don’t store more in the brain in terms of volume, but rather, better abstractions and mental models of a codebase. Health advice, then, also mustn’t be larger in volume but rather a dimensionality reduction over healthy ppl’s habits.
Here’s my attempt at a PCA of health and my attempt at following it.
A Four Dimensional Ruleset
These activities make me feel good (prehaps do more?!)
- running, biking, swimming, lifting
- deep and lengthy sleep
- eating lots of fruits and vegetables
- drinking lots of water
These make me sad (avoid!!)
- sugary drinks, processed, fried foods
- staying up late
- dopamine spiking content
- any kind of stimulant/depressant drug
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I am a believer of maintaining good health. If I am to do world changing work then it'd be treasonous to sacrifise my health.
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I also believe that over-optimizing for health is a bit silly. I feel that Wisdom is really a dimensionality reduction on the complexity of the world. Elite engineers don't store more in the brain in terms of volume, but rather, better abstractions and mental models of a codebase. Health advice, then, also mustn't be larger in volume but rather a dimensionality reduction over healthy ppl's habits.
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Here's my attempt at a PCA of health and my attempt at following it.
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## A Four Dimensional Ruleset
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These activities make me feel good (prehaps do more?!)
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- running, biking, swimming, lifting
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- deep and lengthy sleep
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- eating lots of fruits and vegetables
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- drinking lots of water
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These make me sad (avoid!!)
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- sugary drinks, processed, fried foods
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- staying up late
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- dopamine spiking content
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- any kind of stimulant/depressant drug