Making Sublime

Every time I fail a spaced repetition review for a card which I remember thinking was almost too trivial to write down, I become more convinced that everything I read without making cards for is a waste of time.

Instead of artificial intelligence, what we should be developing further is artificial inquisitiveness. He believes that curiosity is a key component of creativity.

“See enough and write it down, I tell myself. And then some morning, when the world seems drained of wonder, some day when I’m going through the motions of doing what I am supposed to do... On that bankrupt morning, I will simply open my notebook and there it will all be, a forgotten account with accumulated interest. Paid passage back to the world... See more

I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside to revisit. I have records of virtually every text I’ve sent since I was in college but no idea how to find the ones that meant something. I spent years blasting my thoughts to millions of people on X and Facebook even as I fell behind on correspondence with dear friends. I have ... See more

Without the right tools, our minds are hopelessly leaky.

95% of content consumption is procrastination disguised as productivity.

Most people waste hundreds of hours consuming “just-in-case” content because it’s “interesting.”

Instead, you should consume "just-in-time" to answer a question keeping you from moving forward.