Chad Aaron Hall

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The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Daniel J. Levitin • 2 highlights

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When belief is driven by emotional appeal rather than careful examination, our understanding of truth is an illusion.

Thinking and Understanding

The Third Planet from Altair by Edward Packard

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Starry Night is not a replica of what the sky looked like that night, it's representation of how Van Gogh saw, his experience.

1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them by Toby Creswell

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To address language and culture challenges, both Lexington and Madison school districts increased their English as a second language programs and made parent engagement a priority. Their schools designed programs to ensure that a diverse student body not only succeeds but creates the next generation of community leaders.

How Rural Communities Are Embracing Immigrants and Thriving as a Result

The term “high-functioning” in regards to autism has little to do with the experience of the autistic person and everything to do with the allistic person experiencing the autistic person. Often accompanied with the observation “But, you don’t look autistic.”

navigating autism

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

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

The death of thinking

I like the term “rescuing homes.” It’s an acknowledgment of what is already there instead of demolishing and replacing. The character of streets and towns is important to me. (Which is exactly what the neighbor says later in the episode, people tear down a house, stock two new houses there, and you lose character.)

re: "In with the Old" In the Heart