# farnamstreetblog.com > AI-optimized mirror of farnamstreetblog.com containing 51 pages totalling 53,337 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://farnamstreetblog.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-15T05:44:54.612Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [site-root.html](/content/site-root.html) (1 words) - [Timeless Wisdom for Work and Life](/content/site-root.html): Timeless lessons on decision making, thinking, and continuous improvement. Written by Shane Parrish.hinking, and continuous improvement. (289 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [learning-baggage/index.html](/content/learning-baggage/index.html) (1 words) - [deliberate-practice-guide/index.html](/content/deliberate-practice-guide/index.html) (1 words) - [Advice for Young Scientists—and Curious People in General](/content/advice-for-young-scientists/index.html): In Advice to a Young Scientist, Nobel Prize-winning biologist Peter Medawar shares practical advice for people planning to embark on a career in the sciences—and curious people in general. Here, we summarize some of Medawar’s key insights. (1,588 words) - [Math Makes Life Beautiful.](/content/math-life-beautiful/index.html): Math has long been the language of science, engineering, and finance, but can math help you feel calm on a turbulent flight? Get a date? Make better decisions? Here are some heroic ways math shows up in our everyday life. (1,341 words) - [Language: Why We Hear More Than Words](/content/language-not-just-code/index.html): Too many errors are made because of taking language literally. It's not just a code: Language is complex and inferential. Stop being pedantic. (972 words) - [Mario Harik: Playing to Win](/content/knowledge-project-podcast/mario-harik/index.html): Mario Harik is the CEO of XPO, one of the largest trucking companies in the world. (892 words) - [[Outliers] Chung Ju-yung](/content/knowledge-project-podcast-transcripts/outliers-chung-ju-yung/index.html) (185 words) - [FS Members](/content/prime/index.html): Welcome to the Farnam Street Members only area. Here you will find memos I send to CEOs, exclusive content, and more.  (104 words) - [Thinking](/content/category/thinking/index.html) (1,379 words) - [illusory-truth-effect/index.html](/content/illusory-truth-effect/index.html) (1 words) - [shoulders-of-giants/index.html](/content/shoulders-of-giants/index.html) (1 words) - [muscular-bonding/index.html](/content/muscular-bonding/index.html) (1 words) - [bad-arguments/index.html](/content/bad-arguments/index.html) (1 words) - [last-disaster/index.html](/content/last-disaster/index.html) (1 words) - [feynman-learning-technique/index.html](/content/feynman-learning-technique/index.html) (1 words) - [We Are What We Remember](/content/we-remember/index.html): Memory is an intrinsic part of our life experience. It is critical for learning, and without memories we would have no sense of self. Understanding why some memories stick better than others, as well as accepting their fluidity, helps us reduce conflict and better appreciate just how much our memories impact our lives. (1,793 words) - [How Julia Child Used First Principles Thinking](/content/how-julia-child-used-first-principles-thinking/index.html): There’s a big difference between knowing how to follow a recipe and knowing how to cook. If you can master the first principles within a domain, you can see much further than those who are just following recipes. That’s what Julia Child, “The French Chef”, did throughout her career. (1,681 words) - [What Information Do You Need in Order to Change?](/content/feedback-change/index.html): When you’re stuck, you need to actively seek feedback. Having the right information helps you change your behavior. Here's how to get better feedback and reach your goals. (1,371 words) - [Why We Focus on Trivial Things: The Bikeshed Effect](/content/bikeshed-effect/index.html): Bikeshedding is a metaphor to illustrate the strange tendency we have to spend excessive time on trivial matters, often glossing over important ones. Here’s why we do it, and how to stop. (1,171 words) - [The Power of Questions](/content/power-questions/index.html): The quality of the answers we get are directly correlated with the quality of the questions we ask. Here’s how to improve your questions. (1,380 words) - [What You Truly Value](/content/find-what-you-truly-value/index.html): Our devotion to our values gets tested in the face of a true crisis. But it’s also an opportunity to reconnect, recommit, and sometimes, bake some bread. (870 words) - [Why You Should Practice Failure](/content/practice-failure/index.html): We learn valuable lessons when we experience failure and setbacks. Most of us wait for those failures to happen to us, however, instead of seeking them out. But deliberately making mistakes can give us the knowledge we need to more easily overcome obstacles in the future. (738 words) - [brain-food/index.html](/content/brain-food/index.html) (1 words) - [Being Smart is Not Enough](/content/being-smart-is-not-enough/index.html) (877 words) - [episodes/index.html](/content/episodes/index.html) (1 words) - [clear/index.html](/content/clear/index.html) (1 words) - [Decision Making](/content/category/decision-making/index.html) (1,387 words) - [Book Recommendations](/content/category/books/book-recommendations/index.html) (1,440 words) - [Privacy Policy](/content/privacy-policy/index.html) (980 words) - [The Knowledge Project](/content/knowledge-project-podcast/index.html) (870 words) - [Join the FS Learning Community](/content/membership/index.html): Test your ideas, get smarter and make better decisions as a member of the greatest membership on the internet. Check out the details here. (1,333 words) - [Mental Models](/content/category/mental-models/index.html) (1,390 words) - [Speaking Opportunities](/content/speaking/index.html): Shane Parrish is a keynote speaker who delivers the key insights you need to transform your organization and achieve greatness. (685 words) - [The Great Mental Models: Train Your Brain](/content/tgmm/index.html): The Great Mental Models project is the clearest way to change the way you see the world, avoid problems before they happen, and make better decisions. (2,627 words) - [Proven, Better, New: Mark Pincus on the Rules of Innovation](/content/knowledge-project-podcast/mark-pincus/index.html): Mark Pincus is the creator behind Farmville and Words with Friends. He built Zynga into one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. (865 words) - [Mental Models That Change How You Think \| Bill Gurley](/content/knowledge-project-podcast/bill-gurley/index.html) (825 words) - [About FS](/content/about/index.html): Farnam Street is devoted to helping you develop an understanding of how the world really works, make better decisions, and live a better life. We address such topics as mental models, decision making, learning, reading, and the art of living. (526 words) - [Books](/content/books/index.html): FS helps you think better and live better. Our books offer deep exploration of ideas that never expire so you can learn something once and apply it forever. (163 words) - [Winston Weinberg: Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions](/content/knowledge-project-podcast/winston-weinberg/index.html) (516 words) - [Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI](/content/knowledge-project-podcast/greg-brockman/index.html) (580 words) - [Explore Farnam Street Articles](/content/blog/index.html): Farnam Street is devoted to helping you develop an understanding of how the world really works, make better decisions, and live a better life. (980 words) - [Inquire about Sponsorship](/content/sponsor/index.html) (425 words) - [What is the power of simplicity?](/content/knowledge-project-podcast-chat/index.html): Shane Parrish's curated highlights and FS notes. (67 words) - [Featured clips](/content/feed/index.html) (17,248 words) - [Timeless insights into business and life in 5 minutes a week. For free.](/content/newsletter/index.html): Brain Food delivers quick and insightful insights you can use in work and life every Sunday. (94 words) - [“Jootsing”: The Key to Creativity](/content/jootsing/index.html): Creativity can seem like a mysterious process. But many of the most creative people understand that you can actually break it down into a simple formula, involving what researcher Douglas Hofstadter calls “jootsing.” Here’s how understanding systems can help us think more creatively. (1,395 words) - [Experts vs. Imitators](/content/experts-vs-imitators/index.html): Learn how to spot the difference between and expert and an imitator with 5 key tells. (582 words) - [Learning](/content/category/learning/index.html) (1,336 words) - [[Outliers] Chung Ju-yung: The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back](/content/knowledge-project-podcast/outliers-chung-ju-yung/index.html): Chung Ju-yung is known for turning Hyundai into an industrial force that helped transform South Korea. 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