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More Cowbells Leads to Better Outcomes

The questions you ask determine the answers you find

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Aug 09, 2026
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One of its most famous Saturday Night Lives sketches revolves around a producer listening to Blue Öyster Cult record “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” Everyone is worrying about the music, while Christopher Walken’s character identifies what’s missing:

More cowbell.

It’s funny because the solution is absurdly simple and he becomes completely obsessed with it.

But there might actually be a life lesson buried in there.

We’re constantly looking for more answers.

More information.
More data.
More advice.
More experts.
And now, more AI.

Maybe what we need is more cowbell. Or rather, better questions.

Quite possibly we are leaping from subject to subject because we still haven’t found what we are looking for.

Except the cowbell is better questions.

Here are 10 questions from some legendary figures for you to consider:

I’ll share with you more overtime, but the answers, like life have all been answered.

It’s the questions asked that have been studied less and require more of your time to navigate this new era we are living in.

For subscribers, I share with you 20 questions that should be relevant as we navigate some interesting for AI development and for investing.

Make it a wonderful Sunday folks,

Eric

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