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Twelve people walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. Then humanity stopped going — not because of politics, but because of physics. The lunar surface is a world stripped bare. No magnetic field to deflect solar radiation. No atmosphere to burn up incoming debris, round the edges of pulverized rock, or moderate temperatures that swing 550 degrees in the width of a doorway. Apollo astronauts survived brief excursions through extraordinary luck — a major solar particle event missed them by mere months, and longer exposure to the razor-sharp, chemically reactive lunar dust would have caused serious lung damage paralleling asbestos. The first crewed moon mission since Apollo demanded solutions to every one of these problems. Radiation storm shelters backed by real-time solar monitoring. Spacesuits redesigned from scratch to block electrostatic dust. Thermal management systems and micrometeorite shielding that could not have been built with 1970s technology. But the same absent atmosphere that creates every danger also preserved billions of years of water ice in permanently shadowed craters — fuel, air, and a reason to return. The Moon is where we prove a world with no natural protection can be made survivable.

"One of the things that's good fun is that you learn stuff all your life." Listen to 2001 medicine laureate Tim Hunt as he shares five pearls of wisdom after a long career in science. #NobelPrize

Brain vacation 😌 🤗

Why BAD PEOPLE win 🚨 We’re taught that being kind, patient, and well-intentioned should automatically lead to good outcomes. But real life doesn’t work like a moral scoreboard. What actually shapes your results is how you move through the world when no one is reassuring you… the boundaries you set… the space you allow yourself to take… the decisions you don’t talk yourself out of. You see, life doesn’t respond to intentions. It responds to behavior. And behavior is driven by BELIEF. The way you see yourself shows up in how you speak, decide, negotiate, and move through the world. Over time, that becomes your results. Psychology really explains a lot of what we call “luck.”

What was Life Like During the Neolithic Age?

26 LESSONS I'm taking into 2026 👇🏾

lesson 1: the person you marry is the most important career decision you’ll ever make.

lesson 2: failure isn’t the opposite of success - it’s the tuition fee.

lesson 3: the first thought you have is often the truest. Trust it more.

lesson 4: regret is always louder than rejection.

lesson 5: do not let the internet tell you how hard you should or shouldn't work.

lesson 6: everything is figure-out-able if you’re willing to look stupid.

lesson 7: anger is often just fear in disguise.

lesson 8: your health is the foundation under every ambition. Without it, nothing stands.

lesson 9: if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it deeply.

lesson 10: your childhood is an explanation, not a justification.

lesson 11: you become unstoppable the day embarrassment stops being a price you fear.

lesson 12: if it costs your peace, it’s too expensive.

lesson 13: the people you love will always be your best investment.

lesson 14: growth feels a lot like loss at first.

lesson 15: if you can’t change it, change how you see it.

lesson 16: most timeframes and delays people give you are fake - it's just "how it's always been done". Your job is to push on them to see if they're made of concrete or paper.

lesson 17: your energy introduces you before your words do. Get right with yourself.

lesson 18: your biggest opportunities will show up dressed as problems

lesson 19: the people who win are the ones who can suffer boredom.

lesson 20: success is rarely about doing more - it’s about deleting what doesn’t matter.

lesson 21: great work is just good work repeated. Be consistent, not perfect.

lesson 22: protecting your time is the highest form of self-care and self-respect.

lesson 23: fear shrinks when you move
toward it.

lesson 24: discipline is easier than regret

lesson 25: don’t just chase goals. Chase environments that make those goals inevitable.

lesson 26: mind your own business.

I’m curious, which of these lessons did you have to learn the hard way? Drop the number in the comments. Or, if you have a Lesson 27 that I missed, leave it below. I’ll be reading through ❤️

A life mantra I swore by in 2024, and all of 2025! . What a fresh breath of life it’s been ever since ❤️🧿 . . . #choosingpeace #noexplanationneeded #lifehacks #mentalhealth

You might’ve seen this video earlier this year, when I guest lectured at my alma mater, Duke University, in @aarondinin’s class and talked about the thing people miss most when it comes to managing frustration and taking on hard tasks. It was one of my favorite moments, and the response from you all was so meaningful that I wanted to bring it back here - whether you’re seeing it for the first time or could use the reminder as you head into the new year.⁠ ⁠ Building resilience isn’t pretty. It’s messy, hard, and it relies on learning how to tolerate frustration.⁠ ⁠ Frustration tolerance is one of life’s most essential skills. The more we can tolerate frustration, the more we can learn, the more we can struggle, the more we can take on challenges, the more we can bounce back from failure.⁠ ⁠ Our goal as a parent is not to get our kids from not knowing to knowing as fast as possible. Our job is to teach our kids how to tolerate the space in between. If you do this exercise with your kid today, then the next time they get frustrated you’ll be able to say, “Oh yeah you’re in that Learning Space! This space is frustrating and I know you can handle it.”

To earn more : Develope your skills. Specially the high demand ones.

Is this the easiest path to wealth? 💰 #podcast #money #wealth #investing

Ben asked. I answered. @benstiller @92ndstreety

Purple gold 💜...

Making purple gold