"This is not a book about what to think. It’s a book about how to think." — Tim Urban
A Personal Note Before We Begin
None of what follows is intended
Learning from decline
“When the cycles align, the tectonic plates of history shift, and the lives of all people change in big ways.”
— Ray Dalio, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
It's the end of the world (again)
“If something cannot go on forever, then it will not.”
— Herb Stein, quoted in The Rational Optimist
Why This Book Mattered to Me
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Canada is one of the most resource-rich nations on Earth. We hold the third-largest proven oil reserves in the world—behind only Venezuela and Saudi Arabia—almost all of it located in Alberta&
“The world doesn’t care how you feel. It only cares about what you do.”
— Trevor Moawad, It Takes What It Takes
Those words hit me like a freight train the first time