Also, the "one life hack" is being deeply expert in many disparate fields and then seeing patterns in the interstices and figuring out how to capitalize on them

Also, the "one life hack" is being deeply expert in many disparate fields and then seeing patterns in the interstices and figuring out how to capitalize on them. Right, that's a "life hack". This is like "one life hack from a patent clerk that allowed him to win two Nobel prizes".