Dante
πŸ‘‹πŸ» Hi, I'm Dante (23, NYC). I'm currently building a Gamified AI Dopamine Detox Coach

I previously built the world's fastest growing AI Writing Startup (acquired), and a gamified meditation app


My weekly newsletter πŸ•ΉοΈ What's the M.E.T.A?, is filled mental frameworks & hacks on productivity, gamification and health. I also share my journey building a startup from scratch ⬇️

M.E.T.A stands for Most Efficient Tactic Available, most often used in gaming*




My Favorite Stuff:

Favorite Coding Language -> Swift

Favorite Movie -> The Pursuit of Happyness (Yes spelled this way)

Favorite Shows -> Breaking Bad, How I Met Your Mother, Rick & Morty

Favorite Anime -> Jujitsu Kaisen, Haikyu, Attack on Titan

Favorite Reality TV Show -> Alone

Favorite Podcasts -> My First Million, Huberman Lab, Lex Fridman Podcast

Favorite Book -> Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari


My Favorite Quote

β€œCompulsive avoidance of embarrassment is a form of suicide” - Colin Marshall


People I'm inspired by:

John Carmack & John Romero - Founders of id Software, who created Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. They changed the gaming world forever with a super small team of 6.

Eric Barone - Single Handily created Stardew Valley, one of the most popular indie games of all time.

Luis Von Ahn - Founder of Duolingo, I highly recommend watching his interview with Tim Ferris. Simply brilliant.

Naval Ravikant - Not your average billionaire. Super helpful insights for wealth creation, life, relationships and happiness.

Nathaniel Drew - one of the few entertaining youtubers who actually produces meaningful content.

Sahil Lavingia - Sahil's backstory as well as his philosophy on entrepreneurship are extremely unique.

Tim Ferris - I have been listening to his podcasts for the past 4 years and is the person who really taught me about the 80/20 principle.

Neal Stephenson - My favorite fiction writer. Favorite book would of his would be The Diamond Age.

Paul Graham - Founder of Y combinator and great writer.

Lex Fridman - Some of the best conversations I have ever listened to have been on his podcast.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Best selling author, likes to get into arguments on twitter, and a true intellectual.

David Perell - David inspired me to start writing online and start my twitter and blog.

For the rest, check out who I follow on Twitter