Better thinking
by Natasha Wiscombe · updated 5d ago
Better thinking
Data collection is inherently creative. Depending on the data you choose to collect from the world, you can begin to see the world from a different perspective. Being a data collector means observing the world with curiosity.
from Do Interesting – Notice. Collect. Share by Russell Davies
Natasha Wiscombe added 5d ago
- There are two mindsets people tend to have: explorer or settler. Our society has a “settler” mindset, our end goals are “finalizing” (home, marriage, career, etc.) in a world that was made for evolution, in selves that do nothing but grow and expand and change. People with “explorer” mindsets are able to actually enjoy what they have and experience... See more
from 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by brianna wiest
Natasha Wiscombe added 19d ago
Curse of Knowledge : The inability to communicate your ideas because you wrongly assume others have the necessary background to understand what you’re talking about.
from 100 Little Ideas by Morgan Housel
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- Hedonic Treadmill : Expectations rise with results, so nothing feels as good as you’d imagine for as long as you’d expect.
from 100 Little Ideas by Morgan Housel
Natasha Wiscombe added 19d ago
- 9. Welcoming the unpredictable. For curious minds, the fact that the world keeps on changing is a feature, not a bug. They believe that their response determines how much disruptions affect them, and they choose to respond with curiosity.
from The Curiosity Matrix: 9 Habits of Curious Minds by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Natasha Wiscombe added 1mo ago
- The world is combinatorially weird and fractally interesting. And therefore, omnivorous curiosity is the only proper response. ... let’s optimize instead for the interesting, the strange, and the weird. Ideas and topics that ignite our curiosity are worthy of our attention, because they might lead to advances and insights that we can’t anticipate.
from 📡 No.317 — From utopian Star Trek to absurdist Douglas Adams? ⊗ How to fix “AI’s original sin” ⊗ Islands of coherence
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- BRIAN ENO
So what you see when you watch someone surfing is they take control momentarily, to situate themselves on a wave, and then they surrender. They’re carried along by it, and then they take control again, and then they surrender. I think that’s a very good analogy of what we do throughout our lives, actually. We’re constantly moving between t... See moreNatasha Wiscombe added 2mo ago
Natasha Wiscombe added 2mo ago
- Here are some other techniques people use to access and maintain the zone:
- Introducing a long delay between when you do the work and when it is shown to the world. Annie Ernaux writes about this in A Simple Passion, a memoir about how she becomes obsessed in a banal way with a man who is having an affair with her—the thought that others will read th
from Notes | Substack by Substack
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