> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://larrysalibra.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Larry's Weekly Newsletter - October 25, 2026 - URL: https://larrysalibra.com/newsletter/larrys-weekly-newsletter-october-25-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-25T15:02:31.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-25T15:02:31.000Z - Author: Larry Salibra - Tags: newsletter, weekly Dear friends, I hope the past week has treated you well. This seems to be the season for visitors to Hong Kong. It's been great catching up with friends passing through or returning to Hong Kong. It was all very normal for pre-Covid Hong Kong to have friends and acquaintances from abroad passing through, but only recently have the numbers returned to the old normal. Below, please find my posts from the past week. Yours, Larry [The efficient way is the wrong way"The efficient way is the wrong way. Like if you're going to do the accepted, efficient, what McKinsey will tell you to do \[way\], you are going to get accepted, normal, efficient results. If you want outlier results, you need to take the hard way." This quote is from![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/icon/favicon-d9988f28-bfbc-4153-85f0-1e56da580b01.png)Larry SalibraLarry Salibra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/thumbnail/larry-4-efb1624f-c39a-4c22-b0a8-fe94a5915e39.jpg)](https://larrysalibra.com/the-efficient-way-is-the-wrong-way/) [We are all black boxesI've been thinking about this X post from Hannah Rosenberg that I saw last night before I went to sleep (yes, I know pre-sleep X use is not ideal!): People do not experience our intentions, they experience our actions. Intentions are like emotions, they are wildly important to![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/icon/favicon-8d77b270-c880-4814-9e27-547f593aba43.png)Larry SalibraLarry Salibra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/thumbnail/larry-4-9882015b-7bd4-4f75-87ea-fda0e94c0553.jpg)](https://larrysalibra.com/we-are-all-black-boxes/) [Off the beaten path in Hong KongHong Kong has a reputation as a crowded city with dense housing. People and buildings are packed in like sardines. What if I told you out of Hong Kong's 1,119 square kilometers of land, residential housing only takes up 81 square kilometers of that. Hong Kong's over![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/icon/favicon-eb1482ff-e1a9-4a7c-8821-9f78f2b51e5e.png)Larry SalibraLarry Salibra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_6782-1-6c801a1f-1cec-4e11-8c5a-f3cf7d4f3219.jpg)](https://larrysalibra.com/off-the-beaten-path-in-hong-kong/) [The neighborhoods of the Greater Bay AreaI was in Zhuhai the past two nights. This evening, I drove back home to Hong Kong. Two weeks ago, we were in Macau on baby's first vacation. For those unfamiliar with the local geography, Macau and Zhuhai are adjacent to each other on the opposite side of the![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/icon/favicon-3bc2e393-3769-4ee2-ab23-92214a867d10.png)Larry SalibraLarry Salibra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-10-23-at-12.30.03---AM-462da3b0-27f1-4723-ba80-949f73e8c43c.png)](https://larrysalibra.com/the-neighborhoods-of-the-greater-bay-area/) [Unethical hotels and their ratings scamsWhen I checked in at a hotel in China last night, the employee behind the desk excitedly told me that her hotel was now running a special free breakfast promotion. All I needed to do was to give the hotel a 5 star review on whatever platform I used to![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/icon/favicon-813baba9-b30a-4499-8604-450c5787b1f2.png)Larry SalibraLarry Salibra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_5528-1-23941f3f-527c-490c-b6b9-af6848ffc9d6.jpg)](https://larrysalibra.com/unethical-hotels-and-their-ratings-scams/) [The diaspora should be supportiveI had breakfast with an old friend from Twitter that I met in person for the first time today. (Btw...if you're not meeting cool people on Twitter and hanging out with them in real life, you're doing using it wrong!) He is American and, naturally, our conversation![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/icon/favicon-4f7f520a-fc70-47f5-bfa6-33a8bb25c2ce.png)Larry SalibraLarry Salibra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/thumbnail/larry-4-c581b99b-759f-4e4e-9f19-00232a271b35.jpg)](https://larrysalibra.com/the-diaspora-should-be-supportive/) [In Hong Kong, speed is caringI was eating dinner at a fast-casual restaurant in Hong Kong last night when I was pleasantly reminded of the energy, hustle and efficiency that I love about this city. The restaurant was the kind where you sit down and order from a printed menu and are given a![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/icon/favicon-d93e50d0-a780-41af-9861-122b3b7784e9.png)Larry SalibraLarry Salibra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/thumbnail/caption-b7945793-cbca-4a3b-96ce-1dbf247d29f2.jpg)](https://larrysalibra.com/in-hong-kong-speed-is-caring/)