The Beginning of Infinity
The Beginning of Infinity — Stamped by Ed Reif
David Deutsch's provocations reframed through lived miles—ships and deserts, poker tables and classrooms.
The Beginning of Infinity — Stamped by Ed Reif
Do the work only you would do. Become category‑of‑one by being unmistakably yourself.
"Without error-correction... Error-correction is the beginning of infinity."
"An unproblematic state is... Its other name is death."
"Decision-making is not choosing among options but creating new ones."
"Good institutions detect errors—and remove them without violence."
Listen to Ed's Audio Collection
Master storyteller • Global adventurer • Eight books • Eight circumnavigations
Select a Track
Choose (Click) from the playlist bar below
Selected Audio Library
"Objective knowledge begins as conjecture, refined by criticism and evidence."
From Seafarer's Academy to Pacific Dreams
150+ cruises across 32 countries—how a life at sea shaped the long arc of work and wonder.
"Explanatory knowledge transforms nature—bounded only by universal laws."
Charting Love
Sarah & Ed's nautical journey—part partnership, part pilgrimage—written in miles and meaning.
"Progress comes from creativity and criticism."
Time Millionaires
Reframing wealth as time freedom and building a life around the true currency of happiness.
"Optimism explains failure, not predicts success."
Share Fair Isle
A living sketchbook—weaving words and wool on Britain's most remote inhabited island.
"The universe is our home—the bigger, the better."
Wild Swimming in Hidden Rock Pools
North Atlantic ice baths as a practice in courage, clarity, and cold-water presence.
"Every true beginning is the beginning of infinity."
Lights, Camera, Shetland
When art imitates life: a chance Shetland encounter meets a long-running screen obsession.
"Reject bad explanations in favor of good ones."
Moonshot Moves: How to Hack Your Poker Game
Treat poker like reconnaissance—map patterns, harvest signals, and act with precision.
"Emergence is another beginning of infinity."
Energy Shapes Strategy
Flow attracts focus—bring the right energy and watch decisions compound into edges.
"Infinity stacks on infinities."
Failure Is Data Not Drama
Strip out the story, keep the signal—use losses as a faster feedback loop.
"Every room is at the beginning of infinity."
You Do What On A Ship?
A decade of permanent travel at sea—privileged homelessness as design, not default.
"It is our duty to remain optimists."
Queen Mary 2 World Cruise Highlights
Aboard Cunard's iconic liner—miles turned memories across oceans.
"Creativity alone produces knowledge, art, philosophy."
Crystal World Cruise
One port, one story, one unforgettable moment at a time.
"Static societies turn striving into stagnation."
Your Brain's Bouncer—What Gets through The Velvet Rope?
Fear acts as your mental filter—understanding what it lets through changes everything.
"The beginning of creativity was the beginning of infinity."
Thinking in Bets
Trading urgency for edge. Burn momentum on impulse, you lose. Stack it with patience, you scale.
"Feeling small because the universe is large is like feeling inadequate for not being a cow."
Decisions vs Outcomes
There are exactly two things that determine how our lives turn out: the quality of our decisions and luck.
"We often over-attribute intelligence to programs."
The Loophole
Players follow mental "apps"—predictable patterns. Disrupting those gives you the real edge.