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Al Hemmingsen
@alhemmingsen.bsky.social
Family Office Chief Investment Officer, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Tree herder, Child herder
"In the US, older adults with dementia hold an estimated $6 trillion in assets. In South Korea, it’s about $107 billion. This expanding pool of so-called dementia money...."
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January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Calm begets calm.
Improve your own aura first.
Your children will pick up on it too.

open.spotify.com/playlist/0zY...
Peaceful parent audiobook / podcast
open.spotify.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When you find a chart so good you feel compelled to share it with your children.
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And when God finally came, he came as a child born to a poor refugee family with no place to stay. And the Magi, defied the King's orders in order to protect them.
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Bah Gawd!
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The thing about being a low ranked grappler going to worlds is having some living legends in your bracket. If I can get past the first round qualifier, facing Boogeyman Martinez will be my reward.
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"An A- investor is one you meet with, makes a quick decision, signs the docs, wires the money quickly and you never hear from again"
open.spotify.com/episode/3YQY...
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"On saying no: Strategies, templates, and advice on how to stay focused while still being kind"

www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-say...
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
is AI really displacing jobs? Is AI really displacing youth jobs? eig.org/ai-and-jobs-...
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dear Santa,
From this LP’s desk with cocoa in hand,
A short little list, all tidy and planned:
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"an honest assessment of knowledge work would reveal the "human labor bubble": the systemic overvaluation of routine, low-impact tasks that consume massive payrolls without generating proportional economic value.

newsletter.angularventures.com/p/what-if-we...
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This passage always stuck with me. Governments and companies alike instinctively will burn a thousand dollars of productivity to save a hundred dollars of equipment.

Let your teams get what they need: multiple laptop chargers, battery packs, mice, monitors,etc.
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You can outsource the doing of certain tasks, but you can never outsource your responsibility for the quality of your client's experience.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When society decides to seriously tap 50% of human potential: a visual
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This: Mindset, planning, equipment

The variation in productivity levels of people when traveling is enormous, from 0 to more productive than when in the office.

chrisneumann.com/archives/tra...
Traveling is an Underrated Superpower — Chris Neumann
In a world where most of our interactions occur online, a willingness to travel is a superpower.
chrisneumann.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Special rules" by my request: No rounds, no points, 15 minutes, submission only.
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"If you care about the content of your mind, you must protect it from domestication. We must, each of us, cultivate a feral intellect. "
www.generalist.com/p/lesser-apes
October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
LP travel tendencies

*a non scientific poll of a group whatsapp channel
October 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Epistle to the Netizens 1:2-3 (apocryphal)

2: "yet I fear lest your minds be led astray by the glitter of click-bait.

3: "For not all headlines proclaim the truth, nor do all links profit the soul; many entice as with honey, yet their end is emptiness."
October 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
October 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"I’ve found that, the more dogmatic someone is, the more stuck they tend to be. "

"There is also a strong correlation between how much someone talks, and how poorly they listen, and how stuck they are. I describe it as filibustering your own soul."

newsletter.theleading-edge.org/p/10-insight...
10 Insights from 10 Years of Transformational Conversations
My findings from 2,600 meetings about personal evolution.
newsletter.theleading-edge.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
23 floors, 576,000 square feet.

And it's possible that tax abatement is the only thing that kept the price above $0.

The adjustment to office values is not over.
October 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
September 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
September 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Green eggs and ham and performance enhancing drugs.

"But we all know they're bad for you. I will not die at 52. I would not could not take the gas. I do not need that muscle mass. They may be big while I am small.. I do not need turinabol."
September 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM