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Alex Pretti is a particularly perfect plaintiff to wake up Trump's base to the rising threat of 1st and 2nd amendment violations. Like I wrote in the post, it would only take ~12 m…

I will keep arguing that canvassing for a political movement is the highest potential thing most Americans could be doing now. I'm not talking about running for office yourself. Yo…

Solve your two problems first! I do think this resonates with a lot of especially YC founders who have broken through 1 and 2 but are missing the most important 3.

Made some edits last night. But I think the post still stood up 95%+. The middle is full of stories of how I failed for years. I think I can help you, here's how I failed, then suc…

Politics can be so much more than elections! Focus on one issue and one bill, like you would with a startup MVP. You can solve some of these problems in weeks! Raising my family an…

Work ≠ capitalism! It's about making your work the most meaningful thing possible! If that's a very pro-social politics, might be exactly what you want!

For sure! I've written a lot about depression too! But I do think a lot of what people otherwise blame on burnout or depression is really this existential hunger to make more posit…

You get off the hedonic treadmill by getting into something deeper like politics. I do feel like I'm an example of someone who's juggled marriage, kids, startups, etc. where how I …

Your greatness is still all here! And it can be earned precisely by fighting to fix bad things. I found that working in politics, against corruption and for Positive Politics, is h…

This. Focusing on your highest potential is energizing and the rest is what we call burnout. Having kids is what caused me to think so hard about these questions, both for myself a…

Love the idea that your kids are your life and the two hours when they're in bed is also your life! I'm very much in that same place too. Many of my posts and most of my book were …

Zen about kids and warrior about work! And work = highest purpose!

Love how you highlighted your morning excitement now! That's what I was going for in this post! What are you trying now that you actually want to do? Cheering for you! (And please …

For sure. That's why I focused on the Monday morning meaning problem. Dreading work is very different than overwork. I'm arguing we replace the "what's the point?" question with a …

What were you looking to read about in that spot? Work shouldn't be treated as a "necessary evil". Reconciling the work vs. meaning split is hugely important. Even if it means maki…

Kids and work definitely increase the degree of difficulty! I'm juggling three young kids while going full-time in politics and publishing my first book this year. What I've found …

Blogging has always required aggressive titles. My best posts for years all used this "you" or "we" focused framing too. Trying to solve people's biggest problems!

I'm married with three kids! And that's great! But like I say in the post, I still know I'm capable of making a bigger positive impact on the world, so that's how I focus my politi…

Thanks! And congrats on giving notice! Excited to hear what you do next! Cheering for you!

This is a sequel to my post "It's 1994 Again" about Biotech 1.0. The biotech revolution has consistently been ~25 years behind the internet revolution. Both revolutions started wit…