64: Notes To Self

Big Adventures < $250, Nuclear Energy Production, 4 Interesting Beliefs, Lab Diamonds On Friendship

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Luke Clancy
March 21, 2025

Yo, it’s Luke!

Cooked up a good one for you…hope you have a great weekend :)

That said, here is your weekly dose of 5 noteworthy ideas & things I learned about last week. Click on the blue links to dive further on that topic.

1. Big Adventures That Cost Under $250 (Me)

Let me tell you something.

There’s nothing better than a big ‘ole adventure. Especially with the people you love.

Here’s a few ideas you can steal:

  • Skydive.

  • Find a small town festival

  • Bike 50 miles in one direction.

  • Camp somewhere with a lovely sunrise view (beach / mountain).

  • Go to the bar and learn the life story of the oldest person there.

I triple dog dare you to do one of these in the next 3 weeks.

The US has zero commercial reactors under construction today.

Bruh.

What a fascinating guy this guy. Here’s 4 of his beliefs that I loved:

  • “That life is a gift. It’s incredibly precious. It’s fleeting. That we must make the most of it and the talents and opportunities that we are given. That this will not only make us healthier and happier but that this is the way to show true reverence and respect for the gift.”

  • “That a well-lived life is one of purpose and adventure and play and connection and creativity and love and magic.”

  • “That tribalism and polarized thinking are dangerous. I have no political affiliation, and am very much a centrist. Life and its emergent properties in humanity is so much more interesting than something than we can fit in two buckets.”

  • “That much of what ails us in society is our disconnect from nature, from simple sources of nutrition, from spirituality, from each other. That we’ve long known these things but that our egos exposed to the modern world unfortunately have us prioritize lives that further this disconnection.”

52%: The share of people who said their engagement rings featured a lab-grown diamond as a center stone.

Up from 46% in 2023 and 12% in 2019.

“In each of my friends, there is a part that only some other friend can fully bring out.”

Damn that’s good.

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