research as a leisure activity
Trigger agency by reminding ourselves how digital environments offer us endless possibilities of access, authorship and agency, not constraint
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
he idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on
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a thing that took me 5+ years to learn, maybe closer to 10 years – and I resisted it for a long time – is something very foundational about attention sovereignty.
basically you begin with the premise that your attention is extremely valuable and you allocate it like a VIP
basically you begin with the premise that your attention is extremely valuable and you allocate it like a VIP
Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet
Outcome Orientation is very simple. At all times, whenever you are doing something or reading something, you should ask yourself the question:
“What is the outcome I am trying to achieve here?”
You may then continue with the action or consumption if you wish, but you must answer the question honestly first.
“What is the outcome I am trying to achieve here?”
You may then continue with the action or consumption if you wish, but you must answer the question honestly first.
commoncog.com • Outcome Orientation as a Cure for Information Overload
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Instead of falling into endless content holes, how can we congregate and self-teach ourselves material which was once worth tens of thousands of dollars behind an ivy academic wall, and is now free on YouTube this very second?
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
But Outcome Orientation is more powerful, in just about every way. I currently think of Outcome Orientation as level three on a three-tier hierarchy of information consumption:
- Level One (No Filters) : You let everything in indiscriminately.
- Level Two (Strong Filters) : You build shields: you mute or block information sources that are not reliable,
commoncog.com • Outcome Orientation as a Cure for Information Overload
Research as leisure activity is directed by passions and instincts . It’s fundamentally very personal: What are you interested in now ? It’s fine, and maybe even better, if the topic isn’t explicitly intellectual or academic in nature. And if one topic leads you to another topic that seems totally unrelated, that’s something to get excited... See more