Will's Weekly Roundup

Oct 31 - Nov 6

November 07, 2022

Will’s Weekly Roundup is a weekly newsletter about what I'm working on, thinking about, and reading.

What I read this week…

  • The End of Affirmative Action Would be a Disaster (LINK)

  • Professional Cornhole Has a Cheating Scandal Called BagGate (LINK)

  • Half of U.S. consumers attempt to bypass publishers’ paywalls (LINK)

  • America Wants a Centrist Party—in Theory (LINK)

  • How America turned against the First Amendment (LINK)

  • How a secret meeting put Hakeem Jeffries on track to replace Pelosi (LINK)

  • Norway helped remake a US prison. Here’s what happened. (LINK)

  • What Are Venture Capital Firms & How They Work In 2022 (LINK)

  • Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme (LINK)

  • Molten salt reactors could save nuclear power (LINK)

  • This implant turns brain waves into words (LINK)

  • Can a new form of cryptography solve the internet’s privacy problem? (LINK)

What I listened to…

  • The App that Made $1M In Ten Days (MFM Podcast Ep. #379 - LINK)

  • The Inside Story Of The Fake Twitter Employees Who Trolled The Media and 8 Profitable Side Hustles For Halloween & Christmas (MFM Podcast Ep. #381 - LINK)

  • Kevin Rose: His $100M/Year Watch Blog, Money From Digg.com, & Web3 Business (MFM Podcast Ep. #382 - LINK)

  • Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (Lex Fridman Podcast Ep. #335 -LINK)

  • Tech layoffs surge, big tech freezes hiring, optimizing for profits, election preview (All-In Podcast Ep #103 - LINK)

  • A Better Way to Worry - Hidden Brain Podcast LINK)

What I watched…

  • F1 Pitstop in Zero Gravity: Red Bull Challenge - LINK (2 mins)

  • The Most Important Algorithm Of All Time - LINK (26 mins)

  • Dude Perfect Goes to Space - LINK (13 mins)

My Startup Ideas from this Week

  • The Anywhere SchoolProblem: families that travel globally for long periods of time have difficulty finding consistent education for their children.Solution: a “classroom” that travels around the world so that families can live in different parts of the world for months at a time.

  • The Cork CabProblem: beer kegs are ugly and awkward to transportSolution: a company that rents out portable beer truck trailers with built-in taps for parties and events

Ideas I’m Thinking About

  • The 3 Types of Fun: Type I Fun is enjoyable while it’s happening (e.g. sport climbing, powder skiing, margaritas). Type II Fun is miserable while it’s happening, but fun in retrospect. It usually begins with the best intentions, and then things get carried away. (e.g. riding your bicycle across the country or doing an ultramarathon). Type III Fun is not fun at all. Not even in retrospect. Afterward, you think, ‘What in the hell was I doing? If I ever come up with another idea that stupid, somebody slap some sense into me.’ Many alpine climbs. Failed relationships that lacked type I fun. What’s the take away? It doesn’t have to be “fun” to be fun (Source).

  • Build Wealth By Building Companies - owning a business is probably the fastest path to building serious wealth.

  • Small Compliments Have Large Impacts - when you think something nice about someone, let them know.

  • The Real Definition of Gratitude: the act of being frugal with yourself and generous with others.

  • Curation as a Service - time is finite and information is everywhere. Get paid to consolidate information for others (e.g. this newsletter).

Cool Startups I Found

  • Hatworth - created hats that don’t give you ‘hat hair’

  • Solugen - using enzymes to create green building materials and bioplastics

  • Volocopter - transforming air mobility using vertical take-off and landing aircraft

  • Air.0 - created a foldable bluetooth computer mouse

  • RewindAI - recall all things that were said, seen, or head on your computer

Cool Websites I Found

  • gohoken.com - book in-demand hotel rooms at the hottest events

  • courtyard.io - turn your trading cards, sneakers, watches, and more into tradable connected collectibles and earn 1% on every future sale

  • profilepicture.ai - create your perfect profile picture with AI given uploaded photos

Quotes I Came Across

  • “Amateurs enter with 100 mediocre moves; professionals enter with 1 perfect move.” - Sahil Bloom

  • “If you are not happy doing it, you will never be the best at it.” - Ankur Warikoo

  • If you have 5 years of work experience, then make it 5 YEARS of experience. Not 1 year of experience done 5 times. - Ankur Warikoo

  • "The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.” - James Clear

  • “Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome.” - Charlie Munger

  • “Amateurs are flashy; professionals are relentless.” - Sahil Bloom

Comedic Corner

The funny side of the internet this week.

Best of TikTok

Click TikTok to view the video. They won’t disappoint.

  • When it says your text was ‘delivered quietly - comedic interpretation: TikTok

  • When your mom told you to defrost the chicken and you forgot: TikTok

  • When you bring a door ‘door to door’ for Halloween: TikTok

  • When the college football sideline play calls get out of hand: TikTok

  • How old were you when you realized - toaster addition: TikTok

  • Wet paint prank - a classic: TikTok

  • First week as computer science major be like: TikTok

  • Teachers can griddy too: TikTok

  • Watch your step, Mr. Biden: Twitter video

  • How a dog actually drinks water: Twitter video

  • Sacks, Jason is coming for your Moncler sponsorship: Twitter video

Best of Twitter