In a fast-paced world full of intense economic/scientific/intellectual competition and decreasing opportunities for solitude, it is harder than ever before to justify spending significant time on intangible work that may or may not pay off. You can’t put on your resume—“I spend a lot of time thinking about ideas and scribbling notes that I don’t share with anyone.”

Roger’s Bacon • The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius

Saved by sari and

The “larger questions” often can’t be tackled at work, because creativity and critical thinking require uninterrupted focus – like going for a walk or sitting quietly on a couch by yourself. Or a bike ride. Or talking to someone outside your field.

Morgan Housel • The Advantage Of Being A Little Underemployed

But it’s pretty obvious, really, that busy is not the ultimate metric here. It’s not the end game. After all, sheer quantity of work is not the aim. Rather, I’m searching for depth. And originality. [...]

What I’m questing after, instead, is an idea with power. That new framework that helps us see a relationship we’d previously missed. The essay tha

The government knows AGI is coming ⊗ AI’s productivity paradox ⊗ Thinking time

How I Learned to Concentrate

Cal Newport newyorker.com

On Thinkers and Doers - By Rohit - Strange Loop Canon

Rohit Krishnan strangeloopcanon.com

Cultivating a State of Mind Where New Ideas Are Born

Henrik Karlsson henrikkarlsson.xyz

Deep work is not some nostalgic affectation of writers and early-twentieth-century philosophers. It’s instead a skill that has great value today.

Morgan Housel • The Advantage Of Being A Little Underemployed

The government knows AGI is coming ⊗ AI’s productivity paradox ⊗ Thinking time

How I Learned to Concentrate

On Thinkers and Doers - By Rohit - Strange Loop Canon

Cultivating a State of Mind Where New Ideas Are Born

Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World