<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:49:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bump]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/on-bearableguy123-s-predicted-usd589-price-for-ripple-s-xrp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/on-bearableguy123-s-predicted-usd589-price-for-ripple-s-xrp</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:29:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why you shouldn't slow down to look at a road accident [Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling]]]></title><description><![CDATA[People slow down to enjoy a look at the wreckage on the other side of the divider. Curiosity has the same effect as a bottle-neck. Even the driver who, when he arrives at the site, is ten minutes behind]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/why-you-shouldn-t-slow-down-to-look-at-a-road-accident-nobel-laureate-thomas-schelling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/why-you-shouldn-t-slow-down-to-look-at-a-road-accident-nobel-laureate-thomas-schelling</guid><category><![CDATA[gametheory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:23:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rXXuMLfkvV8LQrpnJttpRYmThmncFDed9iq8EDChbvJ2AkbbFaQPh1VoWryr1bt4CnPXy1wFXB3WYARXKjJGL7tbHXzPRx9g9sbM8467nqrTzSz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk likes artsy chicks]]></title><description><![CDATA[To date, we know that Elon Musk has dated/married a successful: Novelist Television Actor (twice) Movie Actor Musician. I hope the thing with Grimes works out. But if it does not, then will the next one]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/elon-musk-likes-artsy-chicks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/elon-musk-likes-artsy-chicks</guid><category><![CDATA[elonmusk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 06:21:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JLypLpqVPBaKaRaouqJKpK1JreX63Cyei6SL51PK9fWosugCGT4Rcz7eQyRkcmxBckqjpe3uSdMS1rbaGYPykgwgdLMy3vyfU5w78JmkJ4r8hdGPS24aFh1YVsGXZxqUMd3EpqKjG1MM9hmiJD1NYRmerKsiHXWbxJmk2v3W2Mhuigfq2QKy56Fx7W6roFuqhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Conman's Magic Trick]]></title><description><![CDATA[The real confidence game feeds on the desire for magic, exploiting our endless taste for an existence that is more extraordinary and somehow more meaningful. But when we’re falling for a con, we aren’t]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-conman-s-magic-trick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-conman-s-magic-trick</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9Dx4vFNutmbxcrUUsrUZNYefVgQfraXk8KWbfHkt3m5nvypuNw3ZQMpWXZ2GfCP2xf4etZcD6a3VG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Men Shop vs How Women Shop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Observe how women and men shop and you’ll see that not much has changed. Women feel fabric, try on shoes with a dress, and ask to see things in different colors. Men see something that can sate their appetite,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/how-men-shop-vs-how-women-shop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/how-men-shop-vs-how-women-shop</guid><category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2nhMph8Yo3jHc59C1ntNXgkTz1nwBgkBw5VCXq7i4dfn9PXejxiLQUBHj3ufxWnZJxwYWZprK5MT8jWZfC6DpcEwGR7y2ZzasNXE2YN1NrzGctLffSU6MgEzpqFNWqvFbin7TnXcGZAyvfB28pitbUm9BpYWShxVca9tFHxyNtKYgnK63VoHgSvhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embracing Rejection]]></title><description><![CDATA[The main reason for embracing rejection is that rejection is better than regret. Rollo Tomassi, 'The Rational Male']]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/embracing-rejection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/embracing-rejection</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 04:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcLhHjWgRjEKayGoNNiXUVmsXndQunj8bwLtbeUbAvQBs3qNWaNUWDvFyervr32iovSknXG4PsG2d6BvUNUre884FhWzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a longer life does to society]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conventionally, living for longer is seen as being older for longer. There is evidence that this convention will be reversed and people will be younger for longer. This is playing out in three ways. First,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/what-a-longer-life-does-to-society</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/what-a-longer-life-does-to-society</guid><category><![CDATA[immortality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 02:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUYoFYtCPrfUchER6ihYi34N6pxK6dEDrYSWWYT7dH5DKf9j5hLPJJP4AonpRQUySdZDAyfi8SHDPBogtCJRaQR13tXcP7TLpicwrPWBAo9m41RnRju42Y8VYgUq7qSPuzDDrg8dNM2EAziASqGKaYPpimrA7BAJt4kN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being immortal will change what we will do with our time (Nick Bostrom)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In devising the sort of projects that lend meaning and a sense of cohesion to our lives, we presuppose that we will live for a certain number of years; say, until we are eighty. Projects and ambitions]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/being-immortal-will-change-what-we-will-do-with-our-time-nick-bostrom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/being-immortal-will-change-what-we-will-do-with-our-time-nick-bostrom</guid><category><![CDATA[immortality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvA8T33kKpp3RsBvZue1Hns5Cwuz57pgmmNsP8E3iDfcueBMRx6f99boHzLh8EH7WpUnGMTWJTgU4Q93Rd137dPwotn82cCqFNCA2qnFya7tBTA8FVTLSZfkLCZjMKrUJGfAey52z5okj4ySSVsLnr794dSyHSpaQTLrWqMXU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Spotting Our Own Biases (Eliezer Yudkowsky)]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’re especially loath to think of our views as inaccurate compared to the views of others. Even when we correctly identify others’ biases, we have a special bias blind spot when it comes to our own flaws.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/on-spotting-our-own-biases-eliezer-yudkowsky</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/on-spotting-our-own-biases-eliezer-yudkowsky</guid><category><![CDATA[success]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:20:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328UdNjEzrUXq3tNTZQiZuEmygx8qjh4hERcbNEwn31zSHaexWtXLK9PmZD1rr1pfCetV3wz7MoN76i6XAaEWX7TcYXCVSqxNn3TbC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Politics of Italian Fashion: Versace as 'New Money']]></title><description><![CDATA[While the fashion house was based in Milan, none of the Versaces had particularly liked the city. They had come from Italy’s deep south, a languid, backward, mafia-ridden region that was the antithesis]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-politics-of-italian-fashion-versace-as-new-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-politics-of-italian-fashion-versace-as-new-money</guid><category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:35:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/45GhBmKYa8LQ7FKvbgfn8zqd6W2YEX34pMmaoxBszxVcFa3ii3P7h4a5X7CiQyqTnErphQAModjSKGVm6ikH6tNGc4TGQsa2JHsc4i1hf5LXzADycmpcq2oHQrBbd2VvLMYasLbhQ895WnHvf7HonEcx8LKgCdMF8fazsH8ngpRqrgMujTUFWEZpDtmaoPyBpdqdBWVY31j5WJnMWi8jwahYmeT6BgDeW5F4EcpMGgA7ohMCf8oPuTRoPSbRDUsY7zmFWHFhXKxRAbG3iXQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hedge Fund King Steve Cohen: Optimizing Time for Making $$$]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was almost no time in a twenty-four-hour day Cohen didn’t use for a moneymaking purpose, and he attributed much of SAC’s success to this work ethic. Cohen got up early and studied the market at home]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/hedge-fund-king-steve-cohen-optimizing-time-for-making-usdusdusd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/hedge-fund-king-steve-cohen-optimizing-time-for-making-usdusdusd</guid><category><![CDATA[investing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:29:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rUukfRkBg6Gd6szm34XunRwM59wXYnmJ5GfKgpEyneFxUZ24C93tq1D2vPpcn3cr7YtNcYFNupsVwUQmPgN5JSKEu9kT1PSEPQnrVangyPGPMJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An economic transaction is not an exchange between two items of equal value (Murray Rothbard)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exchange is the prime basis of our economic life. Without exchanges, there would be no real economy and, practically, no society. Clearly, a voluntary exchange occurs because both parties expect to beneﬁt.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/an-economic-transaction-is-not-an-exchange-between-two-items-of-equal-value-murray-rothbard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/an-economic-transaction-is-not-an-exchange-between-two-items-of-equal-value-murray-rothbard</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 02:39:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovrYfjs7RTuSjyVuFfa7L65jDwTe5oTjbCMpooSidCt4ZqczC4mnDGBs2DrzTkzGVEk6xyPHXBQv7J42SgAURRFoc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Thiel's default state is to embody contradiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thiel’s default state is to embody contradiction. Doing so is what makes him such a brilliant investor, considering each trade and investment anew from a dozen perspectives, seeing what others aren’t able]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/peter-thiel-s-default-state-is-to-embody-contradiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/peter-thiel-s-default-state-is-to-embody-contradiction</guid><category><![CDATA[investing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 21:33:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovoHCKjNyQkwXkFf7b5C4eDk9gi2wNgGjuAbVdPEidvtxDaRkAtZE8Q5KteyYcK4fVJzmgBDqGqfJCPqZ6mV8rz6i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Get an Assistant! (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the best pieces of advice I have ever received was the recommendation by a very successful (and happy) older entrepreneur, Yossi Vardi, to have no assistant. The mere presence of an assistant suspends]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/don-t-get-an-assistant-nassim-nicholas-taleb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/don-t-get-an-assistant-nassim-nicholas-taleb</guid><category><![CDATA[taleb]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 17:24:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WCN8WYUeKXZTnskkmaaLgsMbHAV57cjoLDJD1uA3Jb4BobajEspq1M6yAa2BBmhxFpr3ACtv7ZuqnWWJpwVp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jamie Dimon's greatest ability]]></title><description><![CDATA[“He has an amazing sense of risk,” says his former colleague at Smith Barney, Bob Lessin, currently vice chairman of investment bank Jeffries & Company. “He understands it intuitively better than anyone]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/jamie-dimon-s-greatest-ability</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/jamie-dimon-s-greatest-ability</guid><category><![CDATA[jamiedimon]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 00:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5HkyXkxKAR7RdaJ1bBcTR4NCLyLUARibASTGL2wBZHf4um2iED7ReaT9RkCBzAiEsM3VUStdBiYmcAQMXtsMpYWmi2WLPuVhxqZzFtFJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having a dinner conversation with Peter Thiel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even if Thiel were just an ordinary investor, dinner with him would make anyone nervous. One quickly finds that he is a man notoriously averse to small talk, or what a friend once deemed “casual bar talk.”]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/having-a-dinner-conversation-with-peter-thiel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/having-a-dinner-conversation-with-peter-thiel</guid><category><![CDATA[investing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 00:02:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5GzFDnDEteXeUDKKfMedP1sytvDLr7tn5H3CGXyYbNLEcRChnLr7C11VxfQBFcYoAREGQgwQXxGc61hWPEHoqi4EXq7wZw1gkeTZzQyBU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academic writing is more complicated than necessary because the authors lack skin in the game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Things designed by people without skin in the game tend to grow in complication (before their final collapse). There is absolutely no benefit for someone in such a position to propose something simple:]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/academic-writing-is-more-complicated-than-necessary-because-the-authors-lack-skin-in-the-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/academic-writing-is-more-complicated-than-necessary-because-the-authors-lack-skin-in-the-game</guid><category><![CDATA[taleb]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2018 16:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5qkUYCe7JUnnFYi6N3Pn9e9EBjBpPDqRZ5ifzgj6ym6jyRbsReymjWa7yWa9XsQCJcKzWTEmzsV8cWZH5HBd6aqWhH3MQe3hy9pybTXnAnnSdw4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New York Art Market for Rich People]]></title><description><![CDATA[The art market offered a way to transform wealth into an alluring form of influence and power. “It is not even cool to be a billionaire anymore—there are, like, two hundred of them,” as Loïc Gouzer, a]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-new-york-art-market-for-rich-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-new-york-art-market-for-rich-people</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2018 15:58:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZgXW9AjzLniLZ228GDQgjfn31k41ucvdGdTpgyj4k88V8mSMNWCa21fnzCtiwK77P3eQX3DXwPXt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Reading...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking forward to spending the whole weekend on the beach, reading Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Murray Rothbard!]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/weekend-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/weekend-reading</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 05:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNgM3qHKGxq8wdcWAiFpcm29FF1vQ7VZHkTuxCeRnDsDpiL3VNdTbHvnqRHfUTJKewWzh?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Desire for Success is the 2nd Enemy of Living the True Life, according to French philosopher Alain Badiou]]></title><description><![CDATA[(The 1st enemy is the desire for pleasure: On the other hand, the second inner threat for a young person is seemingly the opposite: the passion for success, the idea of becoming someone rich, powerful,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-desire-for-success-is-the-2nd-enemy-of-living-the-true-life-according-to-french-philosopher-alain-badiou</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@petrmisan/the-desire-for-success-is-the-2nd-enemy-of-living-the-true-life-according-to-french-philosopher-alain-badiou</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrmisan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:59:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVevwSTcv7kt7pYnzzN4KhkcUtQYgEzqwjgDF8AHpf4hfujreDNMdPH1tiAS43GQEe1sHDzNSdAW2qt2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>