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The Great Effort Delusion
I’ve been working on an essay that explains the origins of value.
 • Johannes Rehbein
Kilometre Zero 2.0 A Short Memo
Kilometre Zero is making progress.
 • Johannes Rehbein
ACT Capital
This is a work in progress and will be updated over time.
 • Johannes Rehbein
Progress Isn't Change
A practical way to think about making the world better when nobody agrees on “better”.
 • Johannes Rehbein
Two Very Hard Things
First, it’s very hard to get a thought or an idea from one person’s mind into another person’s mind.
 • Johannes Rehbein
My "Integrity x Conscientiousness" Matrix
As you build things with people in the real world you experience first-hand that people’s differences in personality traits really matter.
 • Johannes Rehbein
zero.performance
nurturing the human need for progress
 • Johannes Rehbein
Reminded by My Grandfather
Last week my grandfather told me that the reason my grandmother and he have never come close to even thinking about divorce is because they have always…
 • Johannes Rehbein
How to Make Anything
You have to get the right people to do the right thing at the right time.
 • Johannes Rehbein
Leonardo da Vinci
Seven Principles for cultivating Genius in Everyday Life
 • Lorenzo Hofstetter
Movement Sharpens Reality
If your daily activities demand good judgment or require you to evaluate reality, then movement is key.
 • Johannes Rehbein
"Solve all disease" by 2035
If you asked a doctor, it’s very likely that they would say that there is no way.
 • Johannes Rehbein
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