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Monday, March 9, 2026
JIANG XUEQIN: Correlation does not = Causation. Just because things are correlated does not mean they cause each other.
This guy literally explained why some people become successful while others stay average.
— Tansu Yegen (@TansuYegen) March 9, 2026
The reason is uncomfortable. Game Theory
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The Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control is the Engine of Success, Walter Mischel, 2015.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck, 2007. Those who succeed in life have a growth mindset. Resilience.
K. Anders Ericsson, Deliberate Practice. People who succeed practice strategically. Self-reflection, constantly thinking about yourself as a student.
Instructor is Jiang Xueqin.
Dunning Kruger Effect. Hardest part of being a student is to assess yourself properly and know where you stand and how to improve. Those who are stupid are often the most confident in the world, what is called the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Often the people in power are stupid. They don't know they're stupid, they were confident, but they do stupid things . . . .
Correlation does not = Causation. Just because things are correlated does not mean they cause each other.
Just because you get up at 4am in the morning, doesn't mean you're going to succeed.
Just because you work hard, doesn't mean you're going to succeed.
Just because you're resilient, doesn't mean you're going to succeed.
Just because you have a growth mindset does not mean you succeed.
If you're successful in life, you'll have more self-control.
If you're successful, you'll have more resilience.
If you're successful, you're more humble in life.
If you're rich, you become successful, and therefore you will have a growth mindset, self-control, deliberate practice. But isolated, just because you have growth mindset, self-control, deliberate practice doesn't mean you'll be successful.
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN, AND ULTIMATELY WHO SUCCEEDS?
Rich people are more likely to succeed than poor people. From macroeconomic studies, we know that school doesn't really matter how well you do in school. If your parents are rich, you'll be successful in life. If your parents are poor, you will not be successful in life.
PARENTING STRATEGIES VS. RICH & POOR
From different parenting styles, we understand why rich kids perform differently from poor kids.
What is a marshmallow Test? Marshmallow Test is not a test of control; it’s a test of your trust in others. If you believe that the teacher who goes outside, if you believe that he comes back and will keep his promise, then you will not eat that marshmallow. But if you think that the teacher lied to me, then you are going to eat that marshmallow. So it’s not about self-control; it’s about your belief and trust in authority figures.
I can't align myself with his reductive point that rich parents determines success.
If you’re rich, you have stability. But if you’re poor, you have no stability, so you’re actually better off eating that marshmallow rather than waiting for that second marshmallow, because, guess what? Most of the time, you will not get that second marshmallow.
THE KOBEISSI LETTER: Employee health insurance was the biggest driver, surging +14.2% for manufacturers and +12.9% for service firms, with some companies reporting increases of up to +50%.
Cost pressures across US businesses are accelerating: US manufacturers reported total operating costs jumped +8.5% in 2025, nearly double the +5.0% rise in the prior year. At the same time, service firms saw costs rise +7.0%, also accelerating from +5.0% in 2024. Employee health insurance was the biggest driver, surging +14.2% for manufacturers and +12.9% for service firms, with some companies reporting increases of up to +50%. Utilities costs rose +8.5% for both sectors, with ~20% of firms reporting increases of +20% or more. All while business insurance jumped +7.4% for manufacturers and +6.8% for service firms last year, with nearly 1 in 10 companies reporting spikes of at least +20%.Cost pressures across US businesses are accelerating:
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 10, 2026
US manufacturers reported total operating costs jumped +8.5% in 2025, nearly double the +5.0% rise in the prior year.
At the same time, service firms saw costs rise +7.0%, also accelerating from +5.0% in 2024.
Employee… pic.twitter.com/R3T6pEeWJs
Inflationary pressures are building under the surface.
SENSE RECEPTOR: overwhelming evidence that cancer research in the U.S. is actually research into how to give us all cancer rather than cure it
There's overwhelming evidence that cancer research in the U.S. is actually research into how to give us all cancer rather than cure it: https://t.co/aDs81x4zfB
— Sense Receptor (@SenseReceptor) March 9, 2026
Dr. Suzanne Humphries,
Humphries goes on to say, “Now, I don't know where any material went from there because we don't have these brave people that… stayed alive to be able to tell us any of this. But I know that by 1967… everyone within the original project, some 160 people, except for Judyth Vary Baker and Alton Ochsner, were gone. Okay? And, you know, like I said, something just makes me think there was more to this operation than just about getting Castro. There were absolutely unthinkable abuses of science that were taking place here.”
Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History,
MAVERICK X: A two-megawatt windmill is made up of 260 tons of steel that required 300 tons or iron ore and 170 tons of coking coal, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons. It hold 700 gallons of oil and hydraulic fluid, and like car these need to be replaced every 9 months.
Indeed https://t.co/YGhbErWn55
— Sam Davis’ Shoe of Doom (@JustinOpinion10) March 9, 2026
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