Takeaway Socio-economic inequalities are predictable based on the human genome. Things like educational and financial success and failure, or propensity to commit crime, are also determine… Read More

A few years ago, I wrote “18 Science-Backed Reasons to Not Get Married – And What to Do Instead” after I had been on the phone with a friend who hesitated to accept a marri… Read More

You won’t find the best restaurants, activities, or sightseeing here. Rather, I’ll tell you: how to get from the airport to the city center what are the supermarket compani… Read More

Source I was surprised to find out that my old article on Jordan Peterson’s net worth went around the Internet. Since people have enjoyed this type of content, I’… Read More

Summary: 9 min Book reading time: 5h16 Score: 3/10 Book published in: 2012 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Charisma comes from power, warmth, and presence. Tab… Read More

The content is in the title. Enjoy! PS: If you like the summary, make sure to buy the course. Table of ContentsNGMIPart IPart II: Tech Sales Resume WritingPart Three: The Six-Step… Read More

My newsletter has become a press review at this point and I often share articles stuck behind paywalls. Here’s how you can remove them to read them. Use RemovePaywall. It mostly… Read More

Takeaway Digital connectivity is transforming the way customers shop and companies build brands. Before, companies built brands that attracted customers. Today, customers build brands f… Read More

Summary: 1h Book reading time: 16h40 Score: 6/10 Book published in: 2006 Access the Summary Database Takeaway The low countries used to be what is today northern Fra… Read More

You won’t find the best restaurants, activities, or sightseeing here. Rather, I’ll tell you how to get from the airport to the city center what are the supermarket compani… Read More

Summary: 35 min Book reading time: 6h40 Score: 6/10 Book published in: 2015 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Islam will become the first religion in 2050. It&rsq… Read More

Summary: 8 min Book reading time: 2h Score: 8/10 Book published in: 2015 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Intelligence is the name given to the ability to think… Read More

Summary: 45 min Book reading time: 10h40 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2014 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Trauma changes the structure of the brain by keepin… Read More

Summary: 24 min Book reading time: 7h Score: 6/10 Book published in: 2015 Access the Summary Database Takeaway At the time of the Romans, three people inhabited Gaul… Read More

Summary: 28 min Book reading time: 7h36 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2006 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Fear is one of the few reasons why people who want t… Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 1h11 Book reading time: 7h16 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 1992 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Addictions, emptiness, depres… Read More

Summary: 5 min Book reading time: 1 hour Score: 8/10 Book published in: 2006 Access the Summary Database Takeaway In Buddhism, there are four elements of true love:… Read More

The following is a series of edited excerpts from a book I used to sell in another life called Mastering Tinder. I explained a variety of things in it, including how to look good. Enjo… Read More

Summary: 28 min Book reading time: 6h08 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2023 Access the Summary Database Takeaway At the end of the 11th century, the Church became in… Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 37 min Book reading time: 7h Score: 10/10 Book published in: 1988 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Toxic shame is the belief tha… Read More

In The End of the Sacred, Sylvain Durain posits the thesis that the pre-Christian societies, matriarchal in nature, did not contain any cultural mechanism that established and maintained pea… Read More

Understanding human nature isn’t about understanding others as much as it is about understanding ourselves. Human beings are complicated. We do, say, and want stuff as a result of… Read More

Summary: 4 min Book reading time: 1h20 Score: 8/10 Book published in: 2022 Access the Summary Database Takeaway All societies are built over three structures: the fa… Read More

Takeaway: 4 min Summary: 54 min Book reading time: 6h43 Score: 10/10 Book published in: 2015 Access the Summary Database Takeaway After Jesus died, the Apostles w… Read More

Takeaway Medium.com is a blogging platform where anyone can write. 6% of Medium writers earn at least $100/month. There are two ways to earn money on Medium: 1. Publishing articles.2. Sell… Read More

Photo by Rachid Oucharia on UnsplashThe e-residency program enables you to become an “Internet citizen” of a country and enjoy that country’s digital infrastructure… Read More

Photo by Wade Austin Ellis on UnsplashWho knew that my first beer after a sobriety period of two years would lead me to wake up late, play video games, order takeaway, watch porn, get m… Read More

Atomic Habits is an amazing book! It explains readers how they can develop good habits and break the bad ones to achieve their goals. No wonder it is so popular — it sol… Read More

You now know where to write, what to write about, and how to write. Today’s lesson is dedicated to the email list. Why an Email List? I wrote for a year and a half before I un… Read More

So you want to be an online writer? Great! The first step is to decide which writer you want to become: A niche writer.Not a niche writer.Niche Writers A niche is a specific topi… Read More

You could write the ultimate get-rich article; but if it’s written with boring, complicated terms and in a visually-repulsive way, no one is going to read it. Today’s lesson… Read More

What you write is the content. It comes after you have decided to write within a niche or not. Now, you’d think that writing about your niche would be sufficient to interest re… Read More

You have been writing for one year, quit your job, and earn $1 500/month on Medium. You have an email list with 500 people and you recently started building a blog/Twitter/LinkedIn presen… Read More

Short Summary: 3 min Summary: 35 min Book reading time: 4h Score: 9/10 Book published in: 1990 Access the Summary Database Takeaway The disappearance of the fathe… Read More

Summary: 18 min Book reading time: 3h48 Score: 8/10 Book published in: 2017 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Maintaining an attractive physic doesn’t take… Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 1h Book reading time: 8h09 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 1991 Access the Summary Database Takeaway The shadow contains the collecti… Read More

I built a database with a bunch of intellectuals from all countries at all times. You can play with the different filters and sort them out from old to recent, per civilization, etc… Read More

Takeaway Take magnesium supplements. Drink and move more. Eat foods that make your intestine move (whether it is fiber or coffee). Avoid foods that make you constipated (alcohol, dairy, fr… Read More

Takeaway Simps believe the lie that they are unlovable because they never got their social needs met. Simps seek artificial ways to get liked by girls that worsen their situation. This mak… Read More

As the tinnitus in my ear was getting louder — and I was getting worse — I decided to take my doctor’s advice and see a hypnotherapist. A hypnoth… Read More

Takeaway Choose a hosting company that makes your website go fast and keeps it online 99.9% of the time. Choose a CMS that is adapted to your needs (WordPress in most cases, Ghost if you&r… Read More

According to my calculations which you can read below, Jordan Peterson earned at least $89 379 668. This isn’t a typo. After a friend of mine sent me a video where Peterson detai… Read More

I sat one day determined to find out what was behind the tantalizing fear of commitment (called “gamophobia”) that many people from my generation (Y/Z) and myself suffer fro… Read More

Medium is like YouTube but instead of having videos, you have blog articles. If your articles are good enough, they can earn you some money. Here are the five articles that made me t… Read More

Table of Contents Introducing Progradiction Who are the progradicts? Examples What to Do If You Are a Progradict? ConclusionAs I was trying to grapple with the reasons that push me to stay… Read More

Photo by Daniele Buso on UnsplashFind out which European countries have the lowest taxes and which ones have the highest taxes. This ranking was based on an indicator calle… Read More

CRS means Common Reporting Standard. Countries part of the CRS system automatically share banking and tax information with each other’s tax authorities to avoid tax evasion. Not al… Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 25 min Book reading time: 5h02 Score: 10/10 Book published in: 2004 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Myths across all societies… Read More

Summary: 15 min Book reading time: 2h47 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2015 Access the Summary Database Takeaway We’re paying four times more taxes today in… Read More

I have been diving deep into taxes lately and created a fun Google sheet where you can find the maximum corporate and personal income tax rate applied in every European country. I also s… Read More

Summary: 7 minutes Book reading time: 1h Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2018 Access the Summary Database Takeaway All tea comes from the same plant called camellia… Read More

Short Summary: 3 min Summary: 34 minutes Book reading time: 7h14 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2021 Access the Summary Database Takeaway The status game is a h… Read More

I built a Google Sheet to make decisions in my own life and it was so convenient that I decided to share it on the blog. You can download the sheet here (it’s free). But make su… Read More

Short Summary: 5 min Summary: 26 min Book reading time: 5h42 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2011 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Straight men get turned on… Read More

You may know that I write a free and ad-free newsletter every 15 days. Here they are. 2023 1st of February 202215th of January 20221st of January 20222022 1st of December 202215t… Read More

Takeaway When it comes to acting, 99.9% of people (friends, family, etc) don’t know what they’re talking about. Only take advice from the people that are in a position you wan… Read More

Andrew Tate is a British-American four-time kickboxing world champion, entrepreneur, and Internet personality known for his highly conservative and controversial pro-masculine views on gende… Read More

Short Summary: 3 min Summary: 43 min Book reading time: Score: 10/10 Book published in: 2021 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Mimetic theory explains that… Read More

I ordered a Starlink Internet kit for my parents who live in Belgium (Europe). I have had many problems installing it (no active account, wrong IP address, wrong kit, etc) and ran into p… Read More

Summary: 10 min Book reading time: 6h05 Score: 2/10 Book published in: 2013 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Givers are more successful because they receive mo… Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 15 min Book reading time: 4h57 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2021 Access the Summary Database Takeaway The first cause of the dev… Read More

Summary: 35 min Book reading time: 7h29 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2019 (it was published earlier, but the version I read is from 2019). Takeaway A term sheet ex… Read More

Welcome to the Copenhagen (Denmark). You won’t find the best restaurants, activities or sightseeing in this guide. Rather, I’ll tell you how to get from the airport t… Read More

Summary: 9 min Book reading time: 3h46 Score: 7/10 Book published in: 2017 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Most marketing doesn’t work because companies… Read More

Photo by Nicholas Bartos on UnsplashA few months ago I decided to write down every marketing channel I could think of and add new ones as I went.  Here’s the result. … Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 26 min Book reading time: 6h26 Score: 8/10 Book published in: 2009 Access the Summary Database Takeaway Fear was meant to keep you… Read More

The struggle of beta males since 1945. The current masculine identity crisis finds its roots in a rapid change of social dynamics that began at the end of WWII. Here’s what… Read More

Only a year ago, cancelation meant the total erasure of your persona both on and offline. The world would go to great lengths to pretend you had never existed, and the mere mention of you… Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 35 min (it’s a very important book) Book reading time: 2h08 Score: 10/10 Book published in: 1991 Access the Summary Database Ta… Read More

Networking is a term that means “meeting people”. In the age of cold emails, networking has become increasingly important. People and companies are constantly bombarded w… Read More

There are five leverages one can use to get rich. Time: people that invest in the stock market use time to get rich. Money: people that borrow money to buy companies or real estate use m… Read More

Summary: 5 min Book reading time: 1h04 Score: 9/10 Book published in: -49 Access the Summary Database Takeaway The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which… Read More

Short Summary: 2 min Summary: 55 min (yes, I know) Book reading time: 4h37 Score: 10/10 Book published in: 2003 Access the Summary Database Takeaway A series of… Read More

Summary: 26min Book reading time: 5h25 Score: 7/10 Book published in: 2000 Access the Summary Database Takeaway You can’t control other people. Everyone is r… Read More

Warning 1: you’re at risk of literally “losing your mind” by applying everything written in this article. Today’s society won’t cater to your needs the same way… Read More

Summary: 8 min Book reading time: 1h50 Score: NS Book published in: 2020 Takeaway Make a compelling pitch deck.Make a list of people that would be interested to inve… Read More

Summary: 20 min Book reading time: 3h20 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2021 Takeaway Sell for as much as you can. Choose a market that is expanding, or at least not d… Read More

One day I realized that Belgium was geographically closer to Norway than it was to Spain. I was shocked. Culturally, I felt much closer to the Spanish than I did to the Norwegians. In… Read More

In his latest book Beyond Order, Jordan Peterson dedicated an entire chapter to marriage: Rule X: Plan and Work Diligently to Maintain The Romance in Your Relationship. Not everything in… Read More

Summary: 10 min Book reading time: 6h46 Score: 7/10 Book published in: 2012 Takeaway The more you win, the more likely you are to win in the future.The more you lose… Read More

The last time I tried to remove Amazon’s DRM (digital rights management), I spent hours looking for the right version of the plugin with the right version of Calibre. None of the a… Read More

Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson Short Summary: 4min Summary: 45 min Book reading time: 9h30 Score: 8/10 Book published in: 2021 Takeaway The purpose of a game isn&r… Read More

Yasser Barona, founder of Viva’s Tour and data engineer. Welcome to Aure’s Podcast. In this episode, I interview Yass Barona, a Venezuelan entrepreneur and the CEO/Founder… Read More

I recently reached the milestone of averaging $1k/month on Medium and wrote a guide to explain how I was doing it. Since this guide was published on Medium itself, I skipped the contextu… Read More

A few months ago, I was scratching my head to get over my 3.5k monthly visitor threshold.  After some investigation, I found out that Google Analytics also had a section dedicated to… Read More

Short summary reading time: 2 minutes Summary: 45 minutes Book reading time: 8h48 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2022 Takeaway Modern states have failed to safegu… Read More

I learned at a huge cost that the most important thing in life is to find people you enjoy.  Being lonely, even in the most exciting city in the world, will suck the life out of you… Read More

Credits: Gage SkidmoreFive million subscribers on Youtube, a highly publicized Twitter ban, tens of thousands of people for his book tour, and millions of books sold made Jordan Peterson &ld… Read More

Summary: 10 min Book reading time: 3h00 Score: 8/10 Book published in: 1959 Takeaway Beliefs -> action -> success.The longer you wait to do something, the more… Read More

Summary: 3 min Book reading time: 1h23 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 4th century BC (-400 – -301) Takeaway The way to enlightenment is total detachment from th… Read More

Most books have only one or two pieces of information that are really interesting. The rest is usually meh. Likewise, you often learn one or two really interesting things from people you… Read More

12 Rules for Life Short summary: 5 min Long summary: 53 min Book reading time: 10h36 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 2017 Takeaway Life is chaotic. Too much chaos dr… Read More

The Way of the Superior Man Short Summary: 3 min Long Summary: 27 min Book reading time: 3h49 Score: 9/10 Book published in: 1997 Takeaway Men’s life goal is… Read More

Jellis Vaes, founder of the IPS Project. Welcome to Aure’s Podcast. In this episode, I interview Jellis Vaes, a therapist, adventurer, and the CEO/Founder of The IPS Project, a… Read More