Claudiu
@claudiu
A sparking curious mind
Claudiu
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“Labour is blossoming or dancing where
The body is not bruised to pleasure soul,
Nor beauty born out of its own despair,
Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil.
O chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?”
William Butler Yeats
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... See more
Roger’s Bacon • The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius
Imagine studying something that nobody else is studying, for reasons you can’t really articulate, without knowing what the outcome of your work will be. For the truly obsessed person, the need for validation isn’t about ego; it’s about sanity. You want to know there’s some meaning behind the dizzying mental labyrinth that you simultaneously can’t
... See morenadia.xyz • The Independent Researcher
What are you excessively curious about — curious to a degree that would bore most other people? That's what you're looking for.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
I sometimes literally burst into tears when I read certain essays or papers now just because it feels so special to have been able to gain access to this part of myself, a part that craves knowledge for its own sake and finds a sometimes-euphoric pleasure in the act of seeking it
rayne fisher-quann • Poser ethics
One must seek Knowledge, but be a little wary of finding it. Perhaps excessive, but one could say the idea of possessing knowledge represents a kind of complacency. This is what Socrates meant: Once you think you know, you stop looking. You cease your wonder.
Simon Sarris • Long Distance Thinking
In one of the best Seinfeld standup bits, he points out how we all think the next thing is going to be better. At work, we look forward to the gym. At the gym, we can’t wait to be home. At home, after working all week, we want to go out. Out, it’s late—we’ve got to get back. We’ve got to get up early. Up early, we’ve got to catch a flight. At the
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