This is not a weightlifting plea. Barbell is a shape: massive on the ends, thin in the middle. So, a barbell investing strategy, in finance is usually focusing on the very safe (e.g. AAA government bonds) on one side and on the very risky (startups, cryptocurrency) where you could lose everything, yet have unlimited upside potential. And less focus on the middle: stocks... the extremes get balance. If US Treasuries can't

We can apply this strategy beyond financial. We invest our time, energy, attention, our hopes in a variety, a portfolio of things ...

examples:

Based on the barbell strategy concept introduced in your page, here are some potential examples to develop the "examples" section:

• Learning:
  • Deep expertise in 1-2 core skills (safe end)
  • Experimental learning in emerging fields (risky end)
  • Less focus on intermediate-level knowledge in many areas
• Projects:
  • High-probability small wins (safe end)
  • Moonshot projects with huge potential impact (risky end)
  • Fewer medium-scale projects with moderate returns
• Skills Development:
  • Mastering fundamental skills (safe end)
  • Learning cutting-edge technologies/methods (risky end)

This aligns with your existing approach to news consumptionand your focus on high-leverage areas with significant potential impact.

News:

I’m a sometimes recovering newsjunky: No News is Good News

• extreme local & extreme distance / alien
  • I clearly see local effects me—and more importantly, I see how I can affect it, I can use it...
  • distant I learn about: it truly informs, i.e. it can't conform, as I don't know about the place
  • This means I spend little time in the middle: which is usually national politics

Personally, : focus 1) on areas where I have control or very high leverage AND 2) huge problems: those things where there is little attention, but tremendous upside