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Matt McCusker, Andrew Huberman & Tom Segura - Mostly Wise #1 - #1102
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Is Retardmaxxing the New Way of Living?
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Marc Andreessen publicly endorsed an internet figure called 'retardmaxx' who advocates for just handling your business without rumination. The counterintuitive argument: great historical figures weren't known for introspection — they were known for action. Sometimes the highest-performance move is to stop thinking and start doing.
People are uploading years of text message history and photos into AI chatbots to recreate their exes. One woman says it satisfies her emotional needs and prevents her from rebooting contact. The concern: it keeps you perfectly frozen in the relationship, perpetually preventing closure — and your ex may own their likeness over that data.
