*If you followed all this advice faithfully, you would probably turn into Kevin Kelly, which might be mildly problematic in some ways, but nevertheless this is pretty good advice. Also the most counterintuitive and seemingly goofy remarks here are probably the most powerful ones.
https://kk.org/thetechnium/68-bits-of-unsolicited-advice/
You should be properly impressed that a guy this unorthodox has survived to be 68 years old
• Being enthusiastic is worth 25 IQ points.
• Extraordinary claims should require extraordinary evidence to be believed.
• When you are young spend at least 6 months to one year living as poor as you can, owning as little as you possibly can, eating beans and rice in a tiny room or tent, to experience what your “worst” lifestyle might be. That way any time you have to risk something in the future you won’t be afraid of the worst case scenario.
•Anything real begins with the fiction of what could be. Imagination is therefore the most potent force in the universe, and a skill you can get better at. It’s the one skill in life that benefits from ignoring what everyone else knows.
• When crisis and disaster strike, don’t waste them. No problems, no progress....
