by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Who was Jim Simons? https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Who-was-Jim-Simons.mp3 Jim Simons is one of the most influential investors of the modern era, not because he followed Wall Street tradition, but because he rejected it. Instead of relying on charisma,...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Ponzi and Madoff https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ponzi-and-Madoff.mp3 Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff are two of the most infamous figures in financial history, not only because of the scale of their fraud, but because they reveal a repeating truth...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Maps of Consciousness https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Maps-of-Consciousness.mp3 In Power vs. Force, psychiatrist David R. Hawkins presents a provocative model of human development called the “Map of Consciousness.” According to Hawkins, people do not...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
WINcarceration https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WINcarceration.mp3 Prison takes something from everyone who enters it: freedom of movement, privacy, and control over daily life. It can strip a person of identity and reduce them to a number, a routine,...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Curiosity is a Spice of Life https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Curiosity-is-a-Spice-of-Life.mp3 Curiosity is one of the most underrated strengths a person can develop. It is not just a personality trait reserved for children or intellectuals—it is a way...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Your Next Problem Could be Opportunity https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Your-Next-Problem-Could-be-Opportunity.mp3 The next unique problem you encounter may feel like an inconvenience, an obstacle, or even a crisis—but it might also be the doorway to...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Cognitive Dissonance, Bias, and Neural Plasticity https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cognitive-Dissonance.mp3 Cognitive dissonance, cognitive bias, and neural plasticity describe three interlocking parts of human psychology: how we think, how we protect...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
What Are Tariffs...Really? https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/What-Are-Tariffs.mp3 Tariffs are often described as a tool for making foreign countries “pay,” but that framing misunderstands what tariffs actually are and who bears their cost. A tariff is a...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Neurotic Versus Lack of Character https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Neurotic-Versus-Lack-of-Character.mp3 Neuroticism and character disorder can look similar from the outside—both may involve suffering, conflict, and repeated life problems—but they often...
by Alex vonAllmen | Jan 24, 2026 | blog
Do You Want to Know? https://upnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Do-You-Want-to-Know.mp3 Sometimes the hardest truth to face is not that something might fail, but that we might discover it was never going to work in the first place. In those moments, we don’t want...
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