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Why Does Sleeping Less Than Six Hours Not Buy More Useful Time?

He averages six hours and says people can map his sleep from his X posts. He tried less than six hours to stay awake longer, but his cognitive function dropped. A phone app timed his natural sleep at five hours and 56 minutes, so that is the amount he keeps.

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Elon Musk on DOGE, AI, & Are we in a Simulation? | KMP Ep.18 ·

The Katie Miller Podcast

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  1. How Do You Stop Zombie Government Payments?About a hundred to two hundred billion dollars a year in zombie payments would not go out simply by enforcing a payment code and an explanation.
  2. Why Does Going to Mars Not Count as an Escape From Earth?Mars is not a refuge for billionaires.
  3. How Do You Come Up With the Idea for Starbase?Starbase needed an inspirational name to match Starlink and Starship.
  4. Why Does Social Media Make People More Performative?Social media makes people more performative because they do anything they can for a few more views on a TikTok video, reels, or an X post.
  5. How Do You Know Whether the Recommendation Algorithm Is Working?The acid test is whether you see really interesting content from accounts you have never seen before.
  6. Why Would Time Travel Break Reality Unless We Are a Simulation?Faster-than-light teleportation and time travel would break reality, unless we are a simulation.
  7. Why Does a Thousand Dollars Fail as a Restart If You Can Already Promise a High Return?A low cash balance is not a real restart once you can promise a high return.
  8. What Do You Eat in a Typical Day?Breakfast is steak, eggs, and coffee.

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