# ![@CyrusYari Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::15368735.png) @CyrusYari Cyrus Yari

Cyrus Yari posts on X about dubai, skin, food, in the the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  12.38% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  6.67% [countries](/list/countries)  4.76% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  4.76% [finance](/list/finance)  4.76% [stocks](/list/stocks)  4.76% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  2.86%

**Social topic influence**
[dubai](/topic/dubai) #612, [skin](/topic/skin) 7.62%, [food](/topic/food) #5428, [in the](/topic/in-the) 6.67%, [books](/topic/books) 5.71%, [business](/topic/business) 5.71%, [london](/topic/london) 4.76%, [book](/topic/book) 3.81%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 3.81%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 3.81%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@rationalvc](/creator/undefined) [@imanolya](/creator/undefined) [@nntaleb](/creator/undefined) [@nic_amadio](/creator/undefined) [@simonhoiberg](/creator/undefined) [@naval](/creator/undefined) [@dvassallo](/creator/undefined) [@nicamadio](/creator/undefined) [@shavil0mi](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@dunkhippo33](/creator/undefined) [@jposhaughnessy](/creator/undefined) [@antoniogm](/creator/undefined) [@fattonyspodcast](/creator/undefined) [@lukeburgis](/creator/undefined) [@ericjorgenson](/creator/undefined) [@stripepress](/creator/undefined) [@collision](/creator/undefined) [@tamarawinter](/creator/undefined) [@itsaerli](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Flex Ltd. Ordinary Shares (FLEX)](/topic/$flex) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"man's out ere bruv. cranes everywhere- not complaining. wouldn't be what it is w/out rapid construction. my building had gym & outdoor pool. sun gaze & tan on sun bed every a.m. hUbErmAnN fLeX. who in their right mind thought i'd like dubai. "CYRUS DUBAI IN ANOTHER LIFE" despite views held in this corner of X Dubai for remote work in winter does sound appealing and awesome espesh given co-working infrastructures elite coffee and gyms great UV index access to Persian food and swim in the Persian Gulf. anyone tried it agree or disagree despite views held in this corner of X Dubai for remote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022777119026110822)  2026-02-14T20:57Z [----] followers, 44.4K engagements


"@nic_amadio @shavil0mi @grok Yep. dubai more international & options and better for remote workers for various reasons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022308575813501131)  2026-02-13T13:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@nic_amadio keep me posted on cyprus i last went there [----]. it may be too cold in winter (for swimming or just not enough UV index). dubai right now is literally perfect weather day and night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022398415997669793)  2026-02-13T19:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"what is happening. my tweet impressions were heavily down for weeks after "algo changes" last few days back to previous levels of engagement followers rolling in like usual again even Balaji + some big indies been liking etc am i being fooled by randomness or ppl love the "sovereignty" topic cos i've nerded over it for yrs just never tweeted abt it much. am just firing tweets from the hip based on my interests at any given point so that won't change. but do u prefer to see tweets on sovereignty (life set-up) OR tweets on timeless books to help founders (i ask cos i've been working on [--] fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2023066822551998930)  2026-02-15T16:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"if u live in this region then u get to a point in life where u don't want to go anywhere else. all travel outside of this area becomes a nuisance. u can typically get a [--] train within the region. food culture safety nature list goes on. & u come back recharged"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1919691970504499445)  2025-05-06T09:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"-Daniel Vassallo: Small Bets -Pieter Levels: MAKE -Jason Fried & DHH: Rework -Sahil Lavingia: The Minimalist Entrepreneur -Derek Sivers: Anything You Want Pattern here. Might change "rational vc" to "rational founder". For ppl valuing independence slavery & trillions exits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1958911611550257200)  2025-08-22T15:18Z [----] followers, 13.5K engagements


"wtf is a "rational founder" someone who retains 100% control avoids dependency on others & voraciously reads Timeless texts with aspiration to attain worldly wisdom & sovereignty in all areas of life. "wisdom acquisition is a moral duty" - Charlie Munger. Relaunch soon. -Daniel Vassallo: Small Bets -Pieter Levels: MAKE -Jason Fried & DHH: Rework -Sahil Lavingia: The Minimalist Entrepreneur -Derek Sivers: Anything You Want Pattern here. Might change "rational vc" to "rational founder". For ppl valuing independence slavery & trillions exits. https://t.co/0VKxHRyDEg -Daniel Vassallo: Small Bets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1976573456369258765)  2025-10-10T09:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Rico_m98 Amazing i have to check out Abu Dhabi next trip. Thx for input"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022219714098082274)  2026-02-13T08:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"despite views held in this corner of X Dubai for remote work in winter does sound appealing and awesome espesh given co-working infrastructures elite coffee and gyms great UV index access to Persian food and swim in the Persian Gulf. anyone tried it agree or disagree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2021943160222732334)  2026-02-12T13:43Z [----] followers, 25.7K engagements


"you're the only person i know obsessed like me about the whole where to live thing and life/tax setup etc 😂 funny enough last few days i've been thinking about cyprus as a potensh Q1 base or the highest UV index spots in Europe but they're not as great as cyprus maybe for remote worker. Spent time in thailand last few weeks didn't like for Q1 base. Now dubai and v good for a winter base. am still learning about life here but yes ur rental figures don't seem far off. i would only advise staying in or near downtown or business bay. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022307697903747261"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022307697903747261)  2026-02-13T13:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SimonHoiberg legend. similar to you am an alpine resident & wouldn't want to leave that region behind for various reasons but for winter dubai is great - loving it so far. from next year will be my winter base too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022308261018345679)  2026-02-13T13:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"i have to also write about how the service everywhere is SO FAST AND PROFESSIONAL. Smoooth @CyrusYari Derek Sivers hated Dubai until he went there: https://t.co/195B8seElx https://t.co/FKpyaPlWYP @CyrusYari Derek Sivers hated Dubai until he went there: https://t.co/195B8seElx https://t.co/FKpyaPlWYP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022777429345833107)  2026-02-14T20:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I present to you the Remote Barbell Strategy: 85% of the year in the Alpine region 15% of the year in Dubai avoid middle zone (places like SF London NYC etc.) & if u want a "vacation" go to Lindy places for a eurosummer couple weeks like greek islands or southern italy 🤌 despite views held in this corner of X Dubai for remote work in winter does sound appealing and awesome espesh given co-working infrastructures elite coffee and gyms great UV index access to Persian food and swim in the Persian Gulf. anyone tried it agree or disagree despite views held in this corner of X Dubai for remote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2022994876401664234)  2026-02-15T11:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"when i was in corporate lying on a beach was fun. being self-employed the same "activity" is just anxiety-inducing and boring af. going from thai island to dubai in recent travels was best shift for work shit to get done & mindset to change. island life makes u lethargic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2023111327917494345)  2026-02-15T19:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Nassim Taleb on skin in the game making boring things less boring. 70+ hours work has gone into the @rationalvc podcast megasode on this masterpiece book coming soon sub @ rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1806367511991967857)  2024-06-27T16:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Anthony de Mello's books are just brilliant 👌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1812117579139280896)  2024-07-13T13:31Z [----] followers, 14.1K engagements


"This is up there with my favourite NNT quotes. 3-hour @rationalvc podcast megasode on the masterpiece The Bed of Procrustes coming later this month with [--] special guests (the biggest Incerto practitioners we know) & that will conclude our Incerto episodes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1821300084249645458)  2024-08-07T21:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"facts. reading too many spiritual books = ambition takes nosedive. reading too many philosophy books = philosophiser (detachment from real life). action excessive contemplation. & too many biographies = fooled by randomness. at @rationalvc we strive to be cautious. one thing they dont tell you about reading spiritual books from people who are the real deal like merton ramana maharshi st augustine ect is that your ambition takes a serious nosedive. one thing they dont tell you about reading spiritual books from people who are the real deal like merton ramana maharshi st augustine ect is that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1827377414504128688)  2024-08-24T16:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"👌Wow Montaigne courage isnt just for battlefields. its about facing risks in everyday life (fortunately most of us are not on a battlefield anyway). start swinging it's time to build. ( refers to Seneca's moral letters to Lucilius)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1830671971996037248)  2024-09-02T18:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Montaigne 👌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1862229938528473528)  2024-11-28T20:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"👌 Montaigne with the equivalent of: "if you are so smart why aren't you happy""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1863637963390800120)  2024-12-02T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Montaigne w a sublime reminder 👌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1866943257789579479)  2024-12-11T20:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"NNT. @rationalvc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1867192892915409374)  2024-12-12T13:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"👌Charlie Munger on envy & jealousy. 4+ hr @rationalvc podcast megasode on Poor Charlie's Almanack dropping on Jan 1st -- Mungers birthday. Sub @ rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1867638165290303904)  2024-12-13T18:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Tolstoy timeless 👌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1886806825741206002)  2025-02-04T15:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"whenever i'm going thru tough shit i try to remind myself of the below: In his 30s Charlie was divorced broke and burying his [--] year old son. Later he was forced to remove one of his eyes. https://t.co/iBuHzzYAa8 In his 30s Charlie was divorced broke and burying his [--] year old son. Later he was forced to remove one of his eyes. https://t.co/iBuHzzYAa8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1947934057339236674)  2025-07-23T08:17Z [----] followers, 35K engagements


"David Graeber on bullshit jobs 👌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1965086233090224325)  2025-09-08T16:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"just read these bruv:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987097767395635464)  2025-11-08T10:00Z [----] followers, 41.5K engagements


"i heard munich zurich & bern are nice :) Another day another armed robbery in broad daylight in London. Lawless. And you wonder why I dont wear watches in London & wont even store any in my house in the UK 💩 https://t.co/x6TH3YNtWj Another day another armed robbery in broad daylight in London. Lawless. And you wonder why I dont wear watches in London & wont even store any in my house in the UK 💩 https://t.co/x6TH3YNtWj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2013731156227764232)  2026-01-20T21:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"new Marty Supreme movie which has won 26+ awards and been placed in the imdb "top [---] movies of all time" has an Iranian cinematographer -- Darius Khondji. infinite talent like him currently under the shackles of an utterly scum regime"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2014010496110694542)  2026-01-21T16:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Rational flneur (or just flneur): Someone who unlike a tourist makes a decision opportunistically at every step to revise his schedule (or his destination) so he can imbibe things based on new information obtained. In research and entrepreneurship being a flneur is called looking for optionality. NNT Antifragile -Daniel Vassallo: Small Bets -Pieter Levels: MAKE -Jason Fried & DHH: Rework -Sahil Lavingia: The Minimalist Entrepreneur -Derek Sivers: Anything You Want Pattern here. Might change "rational vc" to "rational founder". For ppl valuing independence slavery & trillions exits."  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/2015371986961056080)  2026-01-25T10:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@sama yup wrote abt this long ago in viral essay. most vcs are frauds- glorified middlemen living off mgmt fees w no operating exp or skin in game. barely returning the fund & if they do they achieve subpar returns (better off in index fund) the key is to be an operator-investor: Latest essay 10k hits last 48h https://t.co/YmTlqLvktR Huge cred to @dunkhippo33 + @anothercohen for their incredible insights ref'd Others referenced: @ShaanVP @pinverrr @ImranMahmudMD @shervin @GeoffLewisOrg @rrhoover @jposhaughnessy @chamath @antoniogm @sriramk @TurnerNovak Latest essay 10k hits last 48h"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1655273855739461632)  2023-05-07T18:10Z [----] followers, 46K engagements


"why vc is bullshit: when we started @rationalvc podcast we couldn't raise a dollar to save our lives. have a few big names on the show & bam LPs wire funds in seconds - they think due to having guests on show we must be besties w all the guests. as always the world runs on perception & social proof but even moreso in vc than any other industry. this is why its BS when podcasters raise large funds only on basis of this perception & social proof & no skin in game operating xp or any worth for that matter. out of the few hundred or thousand ppl they interview they rarely keep in touch in most"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1715040075606548900)  2023-10-19T16:19Z [----] followers, 16.4K engagements


"some personal news: [--] months ago i joined tesla as a senior software engineer. as the quoted tweet below says am doing a bit of everything & not a trad swe role rather "full-stack operator" building a lot of 0-to-1 really cool internal stuff i can't really talk about. i'm going to share in this [--] tweet some of my thoughts around careers. ppl are surprised that i'd go back to a corporate role well. this reminds me of when @antoniogm joined apple after yrs of independence (except he got paid wayyy more & i haven't had a slack crusade attack me). i believe if u take a role it should only be to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1748064312701211094)  2024-01-18T19:26Z [----] followers, 235.9K engagements


"🚨NEW PODCAST OUT @rationalvc THE BLACK SWAN MEGASODE EP #51 For 3-hrs we discuss the masterpiece by Nassim Taleb. 🔗below vid on YT audio Spotify some great ideas ref'd in ep: @viziandrei @FatTonysPodcast @lukeburgis @Jack_Raines @dvassallo @LBacaj @EricJorgenson @naval"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1775983188373848135)  2024-04-04T20:26Z [----] followers, 56.5K engagements


"lol claims to have spent [---] hrs studying NNT yet proceeds to post a prescriptive thread taken purely from "picking nuggets" YT videos. i've literally *studied* the incerto cover to cover hundreds (plural) of hours & can confirm i don't know shit. the audacity. pls stop. Ive spent over [---] hours studying one of the most controversial authors. Nassim Taleb. Here are [--] of his best lessons https://t.co/mBcK54vRNz Ive spent over [---] hours studying one of the most controversial authors. Nassim Taleb. Here are [--] of his best lessons https://t.co/mBcK54vRNz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1797934074075783224)  2024-06-04T10:11Z [----] followers, 187.6K engagements


"Brilliant. Nassim Taleb on one of the best pieces of advice he ever received. @iman_olya and I have been studying the masterpiece Incerto Series. Recently recorded megasodes on Antifragile SITG & Bed of Procrustes. 10+ hours of podcasts + essays coming soon @ @rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1798380825974862233)  2024-06-05T15:46Z [----] followers, 160.7K engagements


"Charlie Munger's most gifted book was "Influence" by Robert Cialdini for good reason. One of the books to be covered on the @rationalvc podcast. Sub @ rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1809218271578570968)  2024-07-05T13:30Z [----] followers, 20.2K engagements


"David Deutsch really challenging my sense of relief from insignificance with this one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1818289807547670984)  2024-07-30T14:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"there is also a danger in excessive reading (overthinking contemplating) "or fuhgetaboud the texts just engage in acts of courage.NNT SITG we must read but let's also take proper action let's build. "You must start a business. Put urself on the line start a business. "My solitude is full of books." Kafka https://t.co/dflbkY0F5s "My solitude is full of books." Kafka https://t.co/dflbkY0F5s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1833110757677937149)  2024-09-09T11:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨NEW PODCAST OUT @rationalvc THE BED OF PROCRUSTES EP #54 Rare guest ep to wrap up [--] hrs of Incerto content. For [---] hours we discuss a masterpiece by @nntaleb w the [--] biggest Incerto practitioners we know: @dvassallo + @sebs_tweets of @FatTonysPodcast 🔗below audio/video"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1834321922240512165)  2024-09-12T20:03Z [----] followers, 39.4K engagements


""read my blog on how we achieved product-market fit" "read my blog on how our unicorn startup 10X'd sales" go f uck urself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1856294225098187113)  2024-11-12T11:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Nassim Taleb: "How I write". @nntaleb That's why the @rationalvc podcast did 14+ hrs of Timeless podcast content on the Incerto Series. We only do Timeless books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1866451318975656373)  2024-12-10T11:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""hEy cYrUs YoUr PoDcAsTs aRe TOoO LoNg i cAn'T fOoKus cAn YeW mAkE tHeM sHoRtEr pLeAse" no. we will make them even longer in that case. tiktok is that way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1873074681932296265)  2024-12-28T18:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 NEW PODCAST OUT @rationalvc POOR CHARLIE'S ALMANACK EP #55 TODAY ON MUNGER'S BIRTHDAY 🔗below vid on YT audio S potify [--] hr episode on the book that shaped our brand many yrs ago cc @iman_olya @stripepress @collision @tamarawinter 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1874568900123541999)  2025-01-01T21:30Z [----] followers, 12.9K engagements


"some recent pickups. diary is busier than usual for the next [--] weeks so won't be on here much but look forward to posting again on my return & digging into this collection sharing what i learn 😎 rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1878413984413475275)  2025-01-12T12:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"reading this on a european sunday is not a good idea. gives an intense urge & inspiration to down ur coffee & start building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1883482488301097412)  2025-01-26T11:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""bRo u GoTtA MoVe To nEw YoRk HuSsLe & bUsSLe GrInD" me working towards: "Guten Tag mein Freund Komm mit mir flneuren.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1888911153381642469)  2025-02-10T11:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"just did a special podcast episode with one of the greatest minds and polymaths"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1895928455180795922)  2025-03-01T20:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"entire linkedin feed is: "fastest growing unicorn Lovable" "i raised Xmillion" "got into accelerator" who is posting about: -fully independent -no investors answer to no one other than customers -fully remote. solo or very lean team -& IS PROFITABLE (gasp) real g goals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1962532017750315148)  2025-09-01T15:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Americans: "I MUST BECOME SAM WALTON ROCKEFELLER CARNEGIE VANDERBILT. MORE CORTISOL MORE EVERYTHING DOMINATION KILL WIN CONQUER OBSESSION." Europeans: "i must be independent & become umberto eco" 🤌☕"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1963652815605436552)  2025-09-04T17:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the goal should be self-employment from the alpine region. independent. focus: family online clients/biz local food personal library Avesta functionally fit nature & hiking trails on doorstep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1963901790237372603)  2025-09-05T09:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🤮🤮🤮🤮 I did this shit for 10+ years up & down the tube [--] or [--] days a week. PTSD. as @dvassallo says: "my business plan is to do whatever it takes to make sure I never end up in a place like this." My business plan is to do whatever it takes to make sure I never end up in a place like this. https://t.co/2UwaMXXPDq My business plan is to do whatever it takes to make sure I never end up in a place like this. https://t.co/2UwaMXXPDq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1987976713205125261)  2025-11-10T20:12Z [----] followers, 26K engagements


"hey babe new NNT interview just dropped"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1620912784769748992)  2023-02-01T22:31Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements


"Amazing insights Louie love this. Seems we are on the same page. I wrote on a somewhat similar topic 2-yrs ago in part-2 of this essay: (p.s. since then I now believe no one should even raise funding unless it is a "deeptech" startup. Everyone else should be a bootstrapped cockroach w a portfolio of small bets and live below their means :)) https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/minimalism https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/minimalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1644997461885218816)  2023-04-09T09:35Z [----] followers, 18.7K engagements


"conclusions from a few hrs interacting w germans in berlin: in any country around the world they hear my accent &: "omg wow you're from the uk.". starts convo. in germany if u have black hair they label u a turk regardless of where you're from. even the most educated here think iranians are arabs. a disaster of a population. pseudo-intellectuals minus the 0.1% STEM guys who make shit happen. conclusion 2: berlin and munich are two different planets. no wonder some bavarians want to be excluded from the rest of germany. inner berlin is a dystopian shit-hole full of rent-seekers &"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1677749360904265729)  2023-07-08T18:39Z [----] followers, 47.9K engagements


"the only thing ppl today should be optimising for is save enough money reduce burn &/or have just enough income that allows them to play the game they really want to play (not driven by mimetic desire but rather what feels like play). 99% are playing BS games. "prestige" "impact" "legacy" = BS we all know that even the greatest minds in history will be forgotten. a thousand yrs from now they will talk about no one from the past [---] yrs bar maybe steve jobs and 1-2 others. u are doing shit u don't even like just to impress & no one gives a fuck. conclusion: - focus on gaining independence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1679174178195353600)  2023-07-12T17:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"irrespective of any problems the US has there is just a ludicrous amount of hope optimism & energy one gains by speaking to an american even for a few minutes let alone being around them. americans will never understand this until they live in europe. grateful for internet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1679207541333454859)  2023-07-12T19:14Z [----] followers, 12.8K engagements


"conclusion 4: they fucking looooooove paperwork in this country. forget email paper only. open ur mailbox on any given day BAM shit ton of letters & not a single one is good news & most take hours of admin to resolve. literally a full-time job. conclusion 5: unlike other western cities the gyms in berlin are packed during "off-peak hrs" when everyone is supposed to be working. zero immigrants only [--] & 30-smthings all germans. they are all probably waiting for inheritance money to hit & don't seem to have the same ambition as americans/brits/iranians & no believe me they don't have passive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1682005044898549764)  2023-07-20T12:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"had shower filter in london back in 2018- didn't work well & despite using least processed shampoo i could find still felt unnatural (+ likely endocrine disruptors too) this is the new stack filter + shampoo. feels v good on hair after a week. will report back long-term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1718623497121862073)  2023-10-29T13:39Z [----] followers, 46.2K engagements


"the PM role used to be the real "full-stack operator" - almost non-existent nowadays which is why I took it up on myself to expand skillset. in current role i do: -frontend/backend/data -design/figma/uxui -business stuff/meetings -user interviews -managing stakeholders/project In thinking about a "PM" role to help scale me at [---] I've come to the conclusion in the last few months that what I really want is a designer + front end dev with great taste work ethic and project management. The PM role really did get distorted + bloated from ZIRP. In thinking about a "PM" role to help scale me at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1722664971350274400)  2023-11-09T17:18Z [----] followers, 204.8K engagements


"@AlpacaAurelius can confirm hair loss has stopped with the stack below & skin significantly better. at this point @HealthYSolSoap should pay me for all the recs 😭: https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1718623497121862073s=20 had shower filter in london back in 2018- didn't work well & despite using least processed shampoo i could find still felt unnatural (+ likely endocrine disruptors too) this is the new stack filter + shampoo. feels v good on hair after a week. will report back long-term. https://t.co/Mu20Oxqg4t https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1718623497121862073s=20 had shower filter in london"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1746930341049225309)  2024-01-15T16:20Z [----] followers, 44.6K engagements


"Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb on snubbing your destiny. 3-hour @rationalvc podcast megasode on the masterpiece Black Swan is being edited as we speak. Coming soon accompanied with our own Lindy essay of learnings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1773001517554893090)  2024-03-27T14:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"never am i as happy as in moments of building @rationalvc and creation. i think the only thing that will beat this feeling is having kids. tomorrow the 3-hour black swan podcast megasode drops. the essay will follow in a few days to subscribers. rationalvc. com cc @iman_olya"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1775565757327290567)  2024-04-03T16:47Z [----] followers, 15K engagements


"gratitude- best physical item i've owned for 20+ yrs when asked where i'm from: "born in heart of old achaemenid empire made in england." britannic-achaemenian. forever indebted to . changed my bloodline trajectory forever. God save the King & the future Queen. /acc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1792927721791643913)  2024-05-21T14:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"it is sunday. please act accordingly . cc @lavitalenta. @rationalvc podcast on antifragile done 4+ hours episode dropping soon. this week we will record skin in the game & bed of procrustes. lots of content coming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1794684730589487177)  2024-05-26T10:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"your daily reminder to get after your lifes work: there are people who know less than you earning a living online doing what you want to do. The Green Lumber Fallacy is in full effect especially in podcasting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1799410966687547797)  2024-06-08T11:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"i hear u but here's my 2-cents as someone only [--] yrs older. when i worked in investment banking i despised it more than anything & said this can't be it i must go on my own. but our minds (all humans) are fickle in the sense that when i was building businesses after banking i felt exactly how u feel rn w ur pros/cons list & after 4-yrs independence i started saying to myself maybe going back to employment isn't so bad which is when i went to big Corp as a Sr SWE. first few months ur cortisol goes down u are at peace again but doesn't take long. maybe 6months before the soul-sucking nature"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1800596064942129422)  2024-06-11T18:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


".@nntaleb in Antifragile: "Avoidance of boredom is the only worthy mode of action. Life otherwise is not worth living."👌message received enjoy your weekend with our new @rationalvc 4-hr podcast megasode on masterpiece 'Antifragile'. 100+ hrs work went into it L ink in r eplies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1801683554478526835)  2024-06-14T18:30Z [----] followers, 52.1K engagements


"my to-do list: "hey here are [--] tasks you need to complete." me: "it is sunday please act accordingly.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1802311914745209106)  2024-06-16T12:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"and so prep begins @rationalvc. now that entire incerto is recorded (remaining [--] eps to drop) we move on to prep for poor charlie's didn't want to put ton of highlights/stickies in OG version so thx to @stripepress @collision @tamarawinter for making a masterpiece affordable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1803175031964393899)  2024-06-18T21:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Nassim Taleb on risk-taking. 3-hour @rationalvc podcast megasode on the masterpiece Skin in the Game being edited coming soon in July. sub @ rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1806086562691629374)  2024-06-26T22:06Z [----] followers, 13.2K engagements


"Brilliant. Nassim Taleb's advice to young people. 3-hour @rationalvc podcast megasode on the masterpiece Skin in the Game coming soon. In the meantime you can enjoy the last [--] Incerto episodes. Sub @ rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1808100410516787247)  2024-07-02T11:28Z [----] followers, 15.6K engagements


"Brilliant by Xenophon the Greek military leader & philosopher who wrote "Cyropaedia" (The Education of Cyrus). I have much to learn from my Persian ancestors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1810768058304323833)  2024-07-09T20:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"you don't need more non-fiction. most of us at some point have had personal libraries of self-help books published in the last few yrs new & untouched on our shelves. burn them all. less screens less newsletters more Lindy/fiction antilibrary more nature & rigorous exercise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1811082160323059992)  2024-07-10T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Brilliant. Nassim Taleb on the illusion that businesses work by business plans. 3-hour @rationalvc podcast megasode on Skin in the Game dropping tomorrow. Sub @ rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1816103705667670099)  2024-07-24T13:30Z [----] followers, 19.4K engagements


"Nassim Taleb's advice to young people. @nntaleb 3-hour @rationalvc podcast megasode on the masterpiece Skin in the Game out now available in your favourite podcast player"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1816842042502156779)  2024-07-26T14:24Z [----] followers, 81.5K engagements


"Karl Popper w a banger of a banger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1818223595711074610)  2024-07-30T09:54Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements


".@awilkinson & @ChrisWillx using Munger inspiration: "rather than asking what makes me happy invert ask what makes me unhappy." For me: commuting offices corporate inflexible hours/meetings no gym bad food bad sleep no sun the entire winter. Simply avoid the list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1818260067096940617)  2024-07-30T12:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Peter Thiel I'm asking the same question bruv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1819055001848705362)  2024-08-01T16:58Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements


"Charlie Munger says the first rule of a happy life is low expectations. I want that but I struggle to. Random dude on r eddit gave the best answer. Yet again we come back to the topic of embracing randomness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1820083384263094527)  2024-08-04T13:04Z [----] followers, 52.9K engagements


"is twitter a positive oh yes always has been for me & still is. but lately overall i find it a net negative. no one will remember us [---] yrs from now let alone [----] yrs from now. i've very carefully set up my account & yet i still extract no value. it is just slop now. does any of this tweeting rly matter who gives a fuck what we have to tweet get a boner when u get likes or go "viral". shouldn't we be curating more IRL relationships & real local community focussed on family & friends nature reading gardening etc sounds so fucking trite & cliche. i don't care if naval said "tweeting is an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1820900060785209572)  2024-08-06T19:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"are u ready pressing the record button shortly. @rationalvc .com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1823712051078008916)  2024-08-14T13:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"this NNT AF quote very fitting for food also. currently travelling decided to get a "healthy" ready meal. what followed was the worst brain fog i've had in a very long time. the fewer the ingredients the betterespecially when its freshly made at home. u feel charged after"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1824098751062962440)  2024-08-15T15:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"👌 The Anthology of @balajis by @EricJorgenson - friend of the show past guest and future guest :) (p.s. guest episodes are extremely rare nowadays as it deviates from our pmf format so only heavy hitters)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1828118798836052343)  2024-08-26T17:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


".@50cent: "You know what's gangsta to me It's to live the way you wanna live to not have to answer to people to change things." Munger: "Like Warren I had a considerable passion to get rich not because I wanted FerrarisI wanted the independence. I desperately wanted it.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1830722577880248478)  2024-09-02T21:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the only pattern i see whether u like it or not is that building any business will require insane levels of obsession & time. if you don't want to / can't be obsessed (like most) the alternative is putting ur destiny in hands of others which isn't what it used to be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1831427186445971920)  2024-09-04T20:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


".@thepatwalls' brilliant notion of [--] hours deep work every morning is so simple yet so powerful. it's so simple that no one does it😊 if you truly truly do [--] hours deep work every morning (as I've tried a few days) you will understand. no words can do this act any justice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1833086680233852978)  2024-09-09T10:14Z [----] followers, 17.3K engagements


"once u step away a little from this thinkboi philosophiser contemplatoor bubble/corner of X that we're on & u spend time w "dave down the pub who watches football & works in construction to pay his mortgage feed his family & give his kids a good future" not only do u learn more abt life but u have more fun doing so. it's raw & real. it's not a [--] or 30-something sat behind their keyboard w a posture of a shrimp. all content is now exhausting slop or a variation of something profound that has already been said on here at least a dozen times. which then makes it all empty & pointless. let's go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1859709398366470590)  2024-11-21T21:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Tolstoy with the right idea here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1863173562116305083)  2024-12-01T10:49Z [----] followers, 13.9K engagements


"Nassim Taleb and Rupert Read on religion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1863199778697248855)  2024-12-01T12:33Z [----] followers, 21.3K engagements


"NNT: TWO TYPES OF PROFESSIONS Consider the fate of loannis (John) and Georgios (George) two identical twin brothers born in Cyprus (both of them) currently both living in the Greater London area. John has been employed for twenty-five years as a clerk in the personnel department of a large bank dealing with the relocation of employees around the globe. George is a taxi driver. John has a perfectly predictable income (or so he thinks) with benefits four weeks' annual vacation and a gold watch every twenty-five years of employment. Every month [----] is deposited in his local NatWest checking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1868714606253793461)  2024-12-16T17:47Z [----] followers, 12.9K engagements


"try this in mornings: upon waking go pee drink water do nothing else (no coffee no phone not even brush teeth yet no email/socials) & sit down for 30-60 mins *immediately* to learn something. keep doing daily even when u don't feel like it. works for coding/languages etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1887472881375830055)  2025-02-06T12:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I recently interviewed Stephen Wolfram & asked his advice on how engineers researchers scientists & developers can stay ahead in AI & computation. His simple advice 'Learn computational thinking.' Fun fact: WolframUniversity offers free courses on this & more. L inked below"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1902055022722171051)  2025-03-18T17:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Stephen Wolfram told me: ".in terms of the distraction thing I don't get distracted because I do things I want to be doing.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1904916647401472088)  2025-03-26T15:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The best essay I've read this year. Sublime stuff by @lukeburgis - give it a read. "The foundation of agency it turns out is contemplation. It is prayer. It is surrender. The future wont be built merely by those who move fastest but by those who remember how to stand still.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1906682887191044578)  2025-03-31T12:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"PODCAST UPDATE: 90% of podcasts dont make it past [--] episodes. @rationalvc is currently at [--] eps. And we havent even really started. Since pivoting at episode [--] we hit PMF instantly. It feels like play. Plus: weve hit the top [--] charts several times and even cracked the top [--] on a few occasions. So why has it stalled Where are the new eps Our whole shtick is doing episodes on Timeless books/ideas. Since the last published episode we recorded a few on newer booksfor example Zero to One by Peter Thiel. But when we listened back instant regret. The episodes didnt turn out well. It didnt feel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1907856062796927113)  2025-04-03T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"just did a [--] hour bavarian hike & dip in water followed by schnitzel & local bier. leave ur desk once in a while"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1928827027659931651)  2025-05-31T14:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I always tell people that if you think about it there are [---] hours in a week. Your employer needs you for [--]. If you live close to work or work remotely the commute time is not that much. If you take out time for eating sleeping and everything else you have at least another [--] to [--] hours that you can engage in something other than work. I used to always get great reviews when I was starting my business. I said The plan is to not get fired. The plan is not to be employee of the year. I am going to give them just enough. I am just above firing level where it is not so bad that they call me in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1934621584917950959)  2025-06-16T14:38Z [----] followers, 41.6K engagements


"daily reminder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1948728197828194583)  2025-07-25T12:53Z [----] followers, 11K engagements


"Left job @ Tesla. Rejected VCs. Now stopped contracting. Goal: be fully independent making side projects full time & document the process. Month [--] = set up school. Month 2+ = solo podcast full time until it works or I have to contract again. More to come"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1968669454553727438)  2025-09-18T13:32Z [----] followers, 23.8K engagements


"NNT legend. have been self-employed contractor for a while now. beauty of it: once u know how to do it u can always fall on contracting if riskier bets don't work out (barbell) & being self-employed: u only please the client. don't like them fire them. u report to no one🤌 Left job @ Tesla. Rejected VCs. Now stopped contracting. Goal: be fully independent making side projects full time & document the process. Month [--] = set up school. Month 2+ = solo podcast full time until it works or I have to contract again. More to come. https://t.co/u6t3sRT012 Left job @ Tesla. Rejected VCs. Now stopped"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1968719590776533349)  2025-09-18T16:51Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements


"went to a used book fair this morning. picked all these up for total $15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1969396559956598891)  2025-09-20T13:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dunkhippo33 Yes I'll just drop this here again for people to read given how much phenomenal information your posts contributed to in my research/learning on this topic :)) . Essay did 50k hits and my DMs got flooded 🥵 https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/angel https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/angel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1467200482057895940)  2021-12-04T18:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb giving us a beautiful reminder that should be read daily. Just recorded a 3-hour @rationalvc podcast megasode on the masterpiece Black Swan. Coming soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1771278656591081980)  2024-03-22T20:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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