其实很早以前就关注到李笑来，2017年投资加密币的时候就听说了，当时他就很火（万币侯），现在功成身退但影响力依旧，发现他的github还经常更新，会写jekyll，然后用各种docs就还蛮神奇的。

另外有个蛮有意思的轶闻，听说他点菜的时候会同样的菜点好几份，因为就那道菜好吃。

back to the book

因为最早是从x看到这本书，然后别人有附网盘链接，我就下载了，没买实体书，但免费的资料上有不少错别字，找了好几个版本但都一样，阅读起来很费劲，感觉可能跟作者的意思有不少区别，但是很多文字看了也是白看（跟刷推刷小红书类似），我觉得这本书最有价值的是其中讲述重要价值观的排序，睡眠运动放松 >>> 工作学习，甚至工作还在学习之后，我觉得这确实是最近的主流，或者说人们更新思想之后的变化，以前都觉得工作重要，但现在新的想法是睡眠最重要，不仅仅是bryan johnson或者是其他人做longevity类似的，而是大家都开始更加关注自己的身体状态，工作反而不那么重要了。这种趋势在95后到gen z更加明显。 -> 我觉得这是个好事，大家更需要把注意力放到自身

书中也谈了不少关于多巴胺，内啡肽，催产素的信息，但感觉都是老生常谈，如果之前有了解过相关信息就感觉很重复，但如果不知道的话那还有点新奇。

关于注意力的话，确实大家现在都被短视频，图片，文字信息给淹没了，但如果没有这些的话又会觉得很无聊，现在聚餐很多时候没话说就是玩手机，不想跟小孩说话也是玩手机，因为我发现我老婆回家的时候不说话就是玩手机，但真当你要放下手机说话感觉又无话可说，所以还不如拿手机避免尴尬，坐电梯等人人多的时候亦是如此

至于怎么管理自己的注意力，我感觉还是之前balaji的那种时间管理的方法有用，或者跟锻炼或者轻断食学习，搞context window，比如这一个小时就是要做什么，或者在某个时间段内就怎么做应该会比较好管理

还会读读李笑来其他书籍/博客，有新的想法也会更新到这个博客或者x上，
毕竟现在的趋势就是
you are your media，
人人都开始做自媒体

I actually started following Li Xiaolai a long time ago. I first heard of him in 2017 when I was investing in crypto; he was super famous back then (the “Marquis of Ten Thousand Coins”). Now he has retired on a high note, but his influence is still there. I noticed his github still gets updated pretty often, he writes jekyll and then uses all kinds of docs, which is pretty amazing.

Another fun anecdote: I heard that when he orders food, he’ll order several portions of the same dish, just because that dish is tasty.

back to the book

I first saw this book on x, and someone had attached a cloud-drive link, so I downloaded it and didn’t buy a physical copy. But the free copy had lots of typos. I found several versions and they were all the same, so it was a real struggle to read, and I feel it may differ quite a bit from what the author meant. But a lot of the text is pointless to read anyway (similar to scrolling Twitter or Xiaohongshu). I think the most valuable part of this book is its ranking of important values: sleep, exercise, relaxation >>> work and study, with work even coming after study. I think this really is the mainstream lately, or rather the change after people updated their thinking. People used to think work was what mattered, but the new idea now is that sleep matters most. It’s not just bryan johnson or others doing longevity-type stuff; everyone is starting to pay more attention to their own physical condition, and work actually matters less. This trend is even more obvious from the post-95 generation to gen z. -> I think this is a good thing; people need to put more of their attention on themselves.

The book also covers a lot about dopamine, endorphins, and oxytocin, but it all feels like old news. If you’ve read about this stuff before, it feels very repetitive, but if you haven’t, it might be somewhat novel.

As for attention, it’s true that everyone is drowning in short videos, images, and text these days, but without them you’d feel bored. Nowadays at dinner gatherings, when there’s nothing to talk about, people just play on their phones; when you don’t want to talk to the kids, you play on your phone. I noticed that when my wife gets home, if she isn’t talking she’s on her phone. But when you actually put the phone down to talk, it feels like there’s nothing to say, so you might as well hold your phone to avoid the awkwardness. Same thing in elevators or when waiting around with lots of people.

As for how to manage your own attention, I still think Balaji’s time-management approach from before is useful, or learning from exercise or intermittent fasting: set up a context window, like this hour is for doing this one thing, or within a certain time block you do things a certain way. That should make it easier to manage.

I’ll read more of Li Xiaolai’s other books/blogs too, and if I have new thoughts I’ll update them on this blog or on x.
After all, the trend now is
you are your media,
everyone is starting to be their own media.

其实很早以前就关注到李笑来，2017年投资加密币的时候就听说了，当时他就很火（万币侯），现在功成身退但影响力依旧，发现他的github还经常更新，会写jekyll，然后用各种docs就还蛮神奇的。

另外有个蛮有意思的轶闻，听说他点菜的时候会同样的菜点好几份，因为就那道菜好吃。

回到这本书

因为最早是从x看到这本书，然后别人有附网盘链接，我就下载了，没买实体书，但免费的资料上有不少错别字，找了好几个版本但都一样，阅读起来很费劲，感觉可能跟作者的意思有不少区别，但是很多文字看了也是白看（跟刷推刷小红书类似），我觉得这本书最有价值的是其中讲述重要价值观的排序，睡眠运动放松 >>> 工作学习，甚至工作还在学习之后，我觉得这确实是最近的主流，或者说人们更新思想之后的变化，以前都觉得工作重要，但现在新的想法是睡眠最重要，不仅仅是Bryan Johnson或者是其他人做长寿（longevity）类似的，而是大家都开始更加关注自己的身体状态，工作反而不那么重要了。这种趋势在95后到Z世代更加明显。 -> 我觉得这是个好事，大家更需要把注意力放到自身

书中也谈了不少关于多巴胺，内啡肽，催产素的信息，但感觉都是老生常谈，如果之前有了解过相关信息就感觉很重复，但如果不知道的话那还有点新奇。

关于注意力的话，确实大家现在都被短视频，图片，文字信息给淹没了，但如果没有这些的话又会觉得很无聊，现在聚餐很多时候没话说就是玩手机，不想跟小孩说话也是玩手机，因为我发现我老婆回家的时候不说话就是玩手机，但真当你要放下手机说话感觉又无话可说，所以还不如拿手机避免尴尬，坐电梯等人人多的时候亦是如此

至于怎么管理自己的注意力，我感觉还是之前balaji的那种时间管理的方法有用，或者跟锻炼或者轻断食学习，搞上下文窗口（context window），比如这一个小时就是要做什么，或者在某个时间段内就怎么做应该会比较好管理

还会读读李笑来其他书籍/博客，有新的想法也会更新到这个博客或者x上，
毕竟现在的趋势就是
你就是你的媒体，
人人都开始做自媒体