Category: 2020

My first 48-hour fast

Recap, insights takeaways from a weekend with no food

This past weekend I fasted (no food, only water) from Friday night to Sunday night.

It was my longest fast to date — my previous max was the weekly 24-hour fast I’ve been doing for the past month — and my first attempt at a 48-hour fast.

I thought I’d share how the 48-hour fast went, along with my notes and takeaways from the experience.

To begin, though, let’s talk about why I decided to not eat for a couple days in the first place.

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Day at the beach

“The machine was broken,” I said, looking up at the officer from my seat on the rumbling train, like a busted stowaway. “Can I just buy a ticket from you?”

“It’s too late,” he snapped. “There are many places you can buy. Now it’s more expensive.” A vein popped on his neck as he scribbled my citation in his black gloves.

“What’s going on?” the other officer asked, stomping down the aisle to us.

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Bringing it all back home

Insights from The Portal Episode 31, with Eric Weinstein and Ryan Holiday

Today we’re going to talk about abundance, agency, the victim narrative, family and some other takeaways from a great conversation between Eric Weinstein and Ryan Holiday on The Portal podcast.

It’s a smart, friendly and wide-ranging interview, and I highly recommend listening to the whole thing, which you can find here: The Portal Episode 31: Ryan Holiday – Conspiracy, Manipulation & other Pastimes

Note: Weinstein gives context around the discussion — which was recorded earlier this year before the quarantine mandates rolled out — at the 12-minute mark, and the uninterrupted interview with Holiday starts at 17:10.

In this post I highlight a handful of particularly profound excerpts from the interview, which I edited lightly for clarity. I also connect the dots to show how they’re especially relevant to our current COVID-19 climate.

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