shifting perspectives
things that make you change the way you see something
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shifting perspectives
Human cognitive limitations, feelings of intellectual inadequacy, and why AI’s lack of these limits is profoundly exciting
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Well, I don't know if you have this experience. I have this experience all the time. Well, two experiences I have all the time.
One is just like, I know I ought to be able to do this, but like, I just can't, like, it's going to take too long. You know, I want to write this thing, or I want to like, whatever, I want to have this theory on this
... See moreWhat makes your mind stronger, and more able to control your emotions, is internal discipline and toughness. No one can teach you this skill; you cannot learn it by reading about it. Like any discipline, it can come only through practice, experience, even a little suffering.
Robert Greenetwitter.com“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes everyday — unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.”
- Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon
Here are 13 things that every skilled chaos-surfer understands:
- How something appears to you may not be how it is.
- What is said or shown may not be all there is.
- What is true for me may not be true for you.
- The same words may mean different things to different people.
- What people say may not be what they mean. Because comms is lossy and language is
Packy McCormick • visakan veerasamy on Substack
Consider one more possibility: that the people who seem to slow us down and hold us back are actually preventing things from happening too fast. Imagine that the evolution of your life or our culture is like a pregnancy: It needs to reach its full term. Just as a child isn’t ready to be born after five months of gestation, the New Earth we’re
... See moreRob Brezsny • Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia
Spend less time focusing on "discipline," and more time in things that genuinely pull you forward...
The person who requires internal force, will always get lapped by someone with genuine drive toward that thing.
Obsession beats discipline all day long.
Dr. Julie Gurnertwitter.com