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First Principles

Laura Gao

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 12

Mindsets and self improvement through the lens of first principles thinking.

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🇨🇦 Canada - philosophy
30/12/2024
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What should teens be learning in this period of their life to thrive in the future? ft. Max Holschneider and Julia Yap

Saturday, March 27, 2021 • Duration 18:38

Referenced -

TKS: https://referrals.tks.world/3pOzqdY

Connect: twitter.com/laurgao

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Learning in Public to Combat Fleeting Thoughts

Episode 11

Saturday, March 20, 2021 • Duration 05:43

There aren't many things that can be lost forever. But thoughts definitely can.

This episode's speaking is unedited - I didn't cut out any stumbles or stutters. I want this podcast to be an accurate representation of my speaking abilities.

Where I currently write: https://postulate.us/@laura

Inspired by:

How I Use Learning in Public as My Personal Knowledge Management Strategy by Samson Zhang: https://www.samsonzhang.com/2021/01/27/how-i-use-learning-in-public-as-my-personal-knowledge-management-strategy.html

David Perell's notebook: https://perell.com/notebook/

Andy Matuschak's notes: https://notes.andymatuschak.org/

Postulate - an all-in-one tool for collecting and publishing your knowledge: https://postulate.us/

I also take notes as Tweets sometimes: https://twitter.com/laurgao

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Appreciation with Uma Darbha and Jessica Song - Mindset of the Week

Episode 2

Monday, December 28, 2020 • Duration 44:53

Appreciation is a simple way to make your brain a happier place. As CGP Grey says, taking 2 minutes per day to write one thing you're grateful for is "frustratingly effective."

Appreciate the little things in life, and one day you'll look back and realize they were big things ~

Shownotes: first.lauragao.ca/2

Music: bensound.com

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Seek Understanding with Amy Li - Mindset of the Week

Episode 1

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 • Duration 02:12:23

How do you know you're an independent thinker in a world where sheep mentality is the norm? Amy and Laura discuss the first principles of morality, associating beliefs with your identity, authentic feedback, and Paul Graham's essay on thinking for yourself.

Thinking unconventionally doesn't equal to thinking independently. Are you following TKS ideology with sheep mentality?

Shownotes: http://first.lauragao.ca/1

Music: bensound.com

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Open those messages

Episode 9

Thursday, March 4, 2021 • Duration 01:20

Do you like 1 minute podcasts?

I'm trying to increase value density of these episodes. I want to increase the ROI of your most precious resource, your time. Over the past months, I've worked to increase the quantity of content output. But I fear my quality has suffered. Do these podcasts actually provide value to anyone?

Thank you to Amy Li for contributing some of these thoughts!

Connect with me: @laurgao on Twitter. Or email: gaolauro@gmail.com

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Life is a Marathon

Episode 9

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 • Duration 03:25

Here's a quick little sketch. Might make it into a vector design sometime.

You can either live life as a sequence of sprints or as a marathon. Choose wisely, my friend.

Activator with Risha Shah — Mindset of the Week

Season 1 · Episode 7

Monday, February 15, 2021 • Duration 45:52

In which Risha and I talk about the importance of the activator mindset in our lives and how you can become an activator. Start activating your activator mindset ;)

Connect with Risha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/risha-shah-8316b1190/

# Referenced content:

Risha's article — Detecting cardiovascular diseases using machine learning: https://medium.com/swlh/detecting-cardiovascular-diseases-using-machine-learning-fb22bee681da

Do the real thing by Scott Young: https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2020/05/04/do-the-real-thing/

"Published writing functions as a sort of spaced repetition" — Samson Zhang: https://samsonzhang.medium.com/how-i-use-learning-in-public-as-my-personal-knowledge-management-strategy-c249311aeb0f

Send me any thoughts, opinions, or roasts: @laurgao on Twitter or https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauragao/ (or email me gaolauro AT gmail DOT com)

Thanks for listening!

# Release notes

Happiness and why do we work hard?

Episode 7

Monday, February 15, 2021 • Duration 36:12

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” — Gandhi

Shoutout to my Dad, Bernice, Jessica, & Ethan for convos about this topic that inspired some of these thoughts ;)

# Referenced content

Waitbutwhy on Mundane Wednesdays: https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/11/life-is-picture-but-you-live-in-pixel.html

Justin Kan Reddit AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/kr63rg/i_am_justin_kan_cofounder_of_twitch_worlds/

Some happiness Tweets: https://twitter.com/laurgao/status/1359172114641805317

Connect with me: @laurgao on Twitter and most places. Or email gaolauro AT gmail DOT com

# Release notes:

1. Surprised I was able to monologue for 30 mins. Never shall I ever fear not being able to fill an 8 min debate speech again 😂 However, I mostly planned for/expected this podcast to be 10 mins. I feared it'd be too short to be a full episode. I did not write any script, I wrote 22 lines of random thought dump bullet points setting out my intentions. Would've taken me 2 mins to recite lol. Here's what I spoke off of if you want to see: https://first.lauragao.ca/1863b71389134554ba927748e558f681

2. Thinking 7:15/20-7:30/35, Recording 7:30-8:10pm Feb 14, editing till 8:30/35. Release notes till 8:46. More release notes/uploading/final touches Feb 15 8:40-9:10. Total time spent on this episode: .

Antifragility with Ammielle Wambo Becker — Mindset of the Week

Episode 6

Saturday, February 6, 2021 • Duration 01:17:03

The best thing most young people should do is a lot more mistakes. — @orangebook_ on Twitter

# Referenced content:

Sticky notes with failure quotes on my wall: http://blog.lauragao.ca/stickies.jpg >:)

# Further reading:

Antifragility and the Growth Mindset by Sigil Wen: https://oneskillaweek.com/growth

Nassim Taleb: A Definition of Antifragile and its Implications: https://fs.blog/2014/04/antifragile-a-definition/

Stop Thinking About Failure. It Doesn’t Exist by Emaan Amin: https://emaan-amin.medium.com/stop-thinking-about-failure-it-doesnt-exist-f2b2e87a1357

Compilation of Ammielle's resources: https://www.notion.so/Antifragility-on-the-First-Principles-podcast-82aa3e68161a439ca7457e57ac4737fd

# Connect with Ammielle!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsp5LFDrt9Ut6pkZBvtOaYA

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Stoicism with Emaan Amin — Mindset of the Week

Episode 5

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 • Duration 01:35:06

Don't be a squidward, be a spongebob!

Connect with Emaan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emaan-amin/

Music: https://bensound.com/

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