Edition 001 · Monday, October 19, 2026
One post, one video, two books. Picked by hand, explained in plain words, in English and Chinese.
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Spent the morning with Jared Diamond on Huberman Lab. Nearly two hours on what actually makes a leader, why Truman was an unlikely one, and how Diamond still plans his remaining projects at 89. Chinese subtitles are coming this week.
hubermanlab.comWhat Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | Dr. Jared Diamond02 · Watch
Diamond is a Pulitzer winner, a physiologist, and a man who has spent sixty years studying birds in New Guinea. Huberman gets him talking about the leaders he admires and the ones he distrusts, from Truman to Jim Jones, and about how he keeps his mind and body working at 89.
Subtitles translated and burned in by me. The original stays on Huberman Lab's own channels; I only host the Chinese version.
Episode notes and the books mentioned03 · Read
The one that changed how I see history
The book that taught me to ask "why here, why them, why not us" about everything from wheat to writing. Nothing I have read since explains more with less.
His new book, and what the episode is really about
Published last month, and the book the whole interview grows out of: do leaders actually matter, and when? Diamond tests the question across history, business, sport, and religion, from Seretse Khama to John Wooden, with data as well as stories.