Hi I'm louis, a carbon-based bipedal life form descended from an ape 🐒. Welcome to my third-brain, an additional layer on top of my monkey brain and neocortex 🪄. > Civilization progresses by the number of operations it can perform without conscious effort. > — **Whitehead** > It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes. > — **Charlie Munger** ### Favorite [[Mental model cheatsheet|mental models]] - **Kolmogorov complexity**: Simplest explanation wins - **Compound effect**: From snowflake to avalanche - **The Map is not the territory**: Reality trumps perception - **First principles**: Derive core truths - **Pruning**: Grow & reduce ### Influences - Napoleon - Churchill - Kapil Gupta - Penrose - Rockefeller - Da Vinci - Edison - Thomas Pesquet - Naval Ravikant - Bryan Johnson - Jiddu Krishnamurti - Osho - Feynman - Einstein - Nassim Taleb - Benjamin Franklin - Charlie Munger - Shane Parrish ## Entry Points ### Science - [[The Bible]] - [[Mental model cheatsheet]] - [[The Map is not the Territory]] - [[Map of humans territory]] - [[Maps & Games]] ### Poetry - [[Poetry and science]] - [[The Game]] ## Connect - [Starting building the bridge foundations](https://screenpi.pe/) - [**Substack**: AI prompts for personal development](https://louis030195.substack.com/) - [Live in SF? Join my unconventional events](https://lu.ma/user/louis030195) - [Website](https://louis030195.com) - [GitHub](https://github.com/louis030195) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/@louis030195) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyHp-A6Y4hwRt7qmi_TYOQ) - [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/103091881-louis-beaumont) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis030195) - [Mentorcruise](https://mentorcruise.com/mentor/louisbeaumont) - [Mediar](https://handbook.mediar.ai) ## Let's Chat **☕️ Remote Coffee**: [Schedule a 15-min chat](https://cal.com/louis030195/cof) Use these prompts: ![[101324 104131 louis prompts cheatsheet]]