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Does anyone think of the alternative as the Talebian quasi-barbell emotional investment strategy? Maybe instead of having the average opinion, someone should have 90% antiquarian stance and 10% radical stances (e.g. "conspiracy theorists", innovators).

For gym, it means mixing drills and casual sports (antiquarian) with powerlifting (radical) contra standard strength training and cardio (index). https://complementarytraining.net/conceptualizing-philosophy-in-strength-conditioning-the-barbell-strategy-and-risk/ https://kadavy.net/blog/posts/barbell-strategy

For learning, it means mixing knowledge binging and daydreaming/blogging (antiquarian) with analytical drafting and deep research (radical) contra pop-sci and short attention reading (index). https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/barbell-strategies

For the other forms, there are some notes from https://alima.substack.com/p/midwits-and-the-office https://www.10ktom.com/post/barbell-strategy

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