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"If you could just change one thing in your child’s life, it would be to give them autonomy. Humans spent 200,000 years as hunter-gatherers. That’s where our brains evolved. That’s where we evolved in this context. If you look on lots of different continents, children have enormous amounts of autonomy in these communities, which implies that that’s... See more
Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
Do not mistake a confident explanation for an accurate prediction.
An engineer can predict how much weight a steel bridge will hold and you can be quite sure reality will match their calculation. That's an accurate prediction.
Meanwhile, strongly held opinions about what will happen in markets or sports or politics have little predictive power. A lot... See more
An engineer can predict how much weight a steel bridge will hold and you can be quite sure reality will match their calculation. That's an accurate prediction.
Meanwhile, strongly held opinions about what will happen in markets or sports or politics have little predictive power. A lot... See more
Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives.
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets ... See more
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets ... See more
A wonderful question from Morgan Housel on measuring your results internally rather than externally:
"Would I be happy with this result if no one other than me and my family could see it, and I didn't compare the result to the appearance of other people's success?"
"Would I be happy with this result if no one other than me and my family could see it, and I didn't compare the result to the appearance of other people's success?"
“I’m not interested in myself per se. I’m interested in myself as theme carrier, as host.”
― David Shields, Reality Hunger
Watching England play among Brits this Euros has given me a glimpse of the English national character.
It’s a country full of Eeyores. But underneath that steely forlorn exterior though, is a romantic with the kind of tumultuous emotional intensity that found its expression in Coleridge and Byron.
___LINE... See more
Melissa Chenx.comOne thing that arises when we recognize the wonder of consciousness is compassion for other conscious beings. This includes those with whom we have entered into relationships who rely on us in various ways. But we become more effective as a parent, spouse, friend, employee, etc. when we do not try to hold on to what we cannot keep or reach for what... See more
Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind
Personal experiences heavily influence decision-making processes, creating blind spots in understanding, while diversity within teams may not always lead to leveraging unique perspectives due to a tendency towards consensus.
✨ Your AI Notes for: Modern Wisdom
Krishnamurti said that a mind that doesn’t ask questions is one that is dead. This also applies to relationships as well. If you’re no longer curious to know about the person in front of you - be it your childhood friend or your father - then that relationship is devoid of life. You can say that you love someone, but if you no longer seek to inquir... See more