Andrei Stoica
@andreistoica
Andrei Stoica
You cannot create results. You can only create conditions in which something might happen.
Perception is a controlled hallucination.1 When you perceive the world, you do not simply see what is in front of you. Instead, your brain predicts what you will see. You hallucinate reality. But the hallucination is controlled , because the prediction is measured against the input you receive from your eyes and your ears and if it is too far off,... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Becoming Perceptive
Draper was relatively small as a junior and relied on his counterpunching and consistency to win more often. He’s made deliberate efforts to put his 6’4’’ frame to better use for the modern game in recent times, but it seems that those tentative habits can creep into his game when nerves and big points appear.
Draper vs Ruud: Madrid Final Recap
cool sites and design (web, ind, etc.)
runs apossible
“One needs to be happy alone before one can be happy with someone else.” No one in the film gives a care for this kind of sentiment. I don’t either, it strikes me as unreasonable, almost callous. Why shouldn’t you be unhappy alone? Nobody tells you that you need to be happy unemployed before you can find a job.
Perhaps the modern sentiment has a... See more
Perhaps the modern sentiment has a... See more
Simon Sarris • quests, failure, desire
Person A: Niche gripe with Vivek’s tweet but Whiplash is *not* a good model for how to be a highly successful person, much less an artist
Erik Torenberg • Dispatches from the Group Chats, Vol 4
When we pursue optionality, we avoid bold decisions. Like anything meaningful, venturing into the unknown is an act of faith. It demands responsibility. You‘ll have to take a stand, trust your decision, and ignore the taunts of outside dissent. But a life without conviction is a life controlled by the futile winds of fashion. Or worse, the hollow... See more
David Perell • Peter Thiel’s Religion
Rest in Peace David Foster Wallace, you would have loved Barbie. We swim in a wretched sea of meaningless mush, and when you have to trudge through nothing but slop all day, every day, it gets harder and harder to not numb out. I really cannot emphasize it enough: there’s so much and it just keeps coming. There’s lots to do. There’s lots to buy.... See more
Catherine Shannon • Everyone Is Numbing Out
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