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Quadratics might be more useful for optimizing (min/max problems)..

Didn’t Chinese yuppies already experience all this like, 20 years ago?

…and let us know before your company goes public

Seems like a good time to invest in Spain’s solar..

Perhaps they can export stored sunlight to their neighbors up north..

I spent one evening laying on the Yosemite valley floor, from dusk until well past the moon and stars had made their appearances. The entire time I was there, frogs were holding a concert. And sound echoes between the rocks.

I think timing might be an interesting factor to introduce, e.g. all forests at sunset.

When did this become legal?

Can you elaborate on the second point? Sounds like an interesting dynamic but I don’t understand..

“The Buddhist does not see the world as divided between warring good and evil influences, but rather views the wandering mind non-judgementally, as needing only constant gentle correction.”

This is something I never understood about the New Age movement.

You use the word correction. Now, whether done gently or forcefully, the act of correcting something implies a path of some sort— to compensate for getting off-course while moving toward a target, if you will. If you cannot judge that you are off-course, how can you possibly (gently) correct yourself? Further, can you define a target without asserting a judgement? Can you say “Let’s aim for the stars” without simultaneously implying, not the moon, and not the earth?

Even viewing the mind as “wandering” is a strong judgement!

If the enemy is simply a name for whatever is pulling you off-course, then isn’t that embedded in any judgement of correction?

Thank you for sharing, this was a nice contrast to the usual mindfulness approaches. Also appreciated the takedown of Mr Hanania

Very beautifully written. (A little puzzled as to why 4 people were involved in publishing the excerpt)

(I mean the original reference itself is surprising)

This was such a trip, appreciate all the references. But that is no philosophy for life. I’m actually surprised it is written that way in the Bible.

It’s kind of amazing to think people were writing 2,000 years ago and that their work was preserved and we actually have access to to their ideas.

Especially when you consider that 21st century writing is pretty much text messages and AI..

Do we just not stuff to write about anymore? Have all the good theories been taken?

You want fire and brimstone self-help?

Sounds like something Louis Carroll might have had fun with

Milosophy

Latin > Greek

… khod-Kushi in Persian means suicide.

If you have enough savings to take year off, quit your job (or minimize/part time it) and apply yourself to what you really (think) you want. You may be surprised at the results, but at least you’ll know you pursued your dreams

Thank you. Is it a technical term used in marketing?

Plenty of people also criticize behavioral economics for being manipulative, especially if they don’t agree with the behavior to be “corrected”

It would be silly to assume that the criteria that yields a law (or a system) be itself subject to that law or system. Logically, that criteria must encompass the system and cannot at all be subject to it

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions- Thomas Kuhn (oldie but goldie)

Permanent Record -Ed Snowden (maybe a little dated but still fairly relevant)

It’s not always possible to change your environment. In the most difficult scenarios, you will actually have very little control over your environment. But it’s still possible to overcome a challenge, without simply trying to willpower your way through it.

First time I’m reading about a character trait walking straight off the page into the reader’s life..

It’s not supposed to be descriptive in this case, unless it’s a reflection or self-assessment. For goals, it’s supposed to be aspirational, like a vision you cultivate for yourself. You can meditate on that self-image, or identify other people with that trait and associate yourself with them, etc. The idea is that you will violate your sense of self by acting against how you expect yourself to be.

Is “dark patterns” basically behavioral economics or a technical term?

It’s just like decision fatigue: your capacity for it diminishes the more you use it (within a given time range).

Instead, carefully curate your identity . This is described well in Atomic Habits. Train yourself to think “I am just not the kind of person who does x.”

Toastmasters (in a club with a very chill vibe and mostly non-native speakers)

Nice

Perhaps there something in our bodies that needs to photosynthesize? (I definitely get energized after being in the sun) :)

How would you track this? Productivity itself seems subjective (is it just any output, completing hard tasks, creative flow, deep thinking…?) Depending on how I define it, I will have a different response.