James Altucher

Don't forget the suicide epidemic among indigenous tribes, especially the Brazillian Guaraní. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/opinion/sunday/suicides-spread-through-a-brazilian-tribe.html Filmmaker Jon Alpert and his crew are further investigating the issue. They found out that the Guaranì natives are being murdered (disguised as suicide) by the local farmers for land grabbing. He mentions it in this podcast https://jamesaltucher.com/2017/12/jon-alpert/ at 00:21 min. The documentary is still a work in progress.

> Mining conflicts accounted for 36 killings, several of them linked to booming global demand for construction materials.

If you want to grasp the real human cost of mining, I highly recommend the essay The Missing Ethics of Mining. https://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2013/the-missing-ethics-of-mining-full-text/

Re-frame your situation. Don't think of it as controlling or fighting your urges. Think of it as a sign that you should be doing something else. St. Augustine of Hippo said that we, being physical creatures, need some amount of pleasure in order to be healthy. If we don't get legitimate pleasure, then we'll go for the kind of pleasure that taxes us.

Are you getting enough exercise? Enough sleep? Eating right? We've had a bunch of threads on Hacker News on the importance of meditation. From your user-name, you probably know about the NoFap group on Reddit. They will have plenty of advice: http://www.reddit.com/r/nofap

James Altucher's posts aren't directly related to your question, but his Daily Practice will help you. http://www.jamesaltucher.com

I think you're missing the article point. If some social interactions bring you nothing, then you should remove them from your life !

Quoting Nassim Taleb : "If someone is a drag on me, I cut them out. If someone lifts me up, I bring them closer. Nobody is sacred here. When the plane is going down, put the oxygen mask on your face first. Family, friends, people I love – I always try to be there for them and help. But I don’t get close to anyone bringing me down. This rule can’t be broken. Energy leaks out of you if someone is draining you. And I never owe anyone an explanation. Explaining is draining."

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/02/how-to-be-the-luckiest-guy-on-the-planet-in-4-easy-steps/

This is an extremely dangerous response. The fact that it is at the top is disheartening, especially for this site.

The real problem is treating startup ideas differently than ideas. Ideas are like experiences. They build off of each other and the sum is greater than the parts. Not always in a literal sense either.

The fact of the matter is, the way we arrive at things isn't truly understood. But there are people who propose methodologies that may or may not work for the OP.

A good start would be James Altucher's idea machine: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/10/how-to-become-an-idea-machine/

Trying to pick things not yet mentioned.

Cooking blogs (I read a bunch more, but these are the best):

http://thestonesoup.com/blog/

http://smittenkitchen.com/

http://globaltableadventure.com/

A blog ostensibly about learning Japanese but really about learning anything:

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/

Humor:

http://www.qwantz.com/index.php

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

Programming:

http://prog21.dadgum.com/

Inspiration / business:

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/

http://unicornfree.com/

A little of everything:

http://jsomers.net/blog/

I'm a big fan of James Altucher. His concept of building your "idea muscle" by writing down a page of random ideas everyday has dramatically improved my life.

Two of my favorite posts by him

How I screwed Yasser Arafat out of 2 million dollars and lost 100 million in the process

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/01/how-i-screwed-yasser-arafat-out-of-2mm-and-lost-100mm-in-the-process/

How to be the luckiest guy on the planet in 4 easy steps

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/02/how-to-be-the-luckiest-guy-on-the-planet-in-4-easy-steps/