sparks
you can rest assured that whatever kaleidoscope of stimulation (or even intoxication) AI conjures, you will get bored of it; getting bored is what we do, and it turns out to be a rather profound feature of our consciousness
Mills Baker • The irrepressible monkey in the machine
“don’t complain about being in traffic. you are the traffic.”
In 1984, every sneaker brand was competing to sign 21-year-old Michael Jordan. The front-runners were Converse and Adidas. Jordan wore Converse in college and during the 1984 Olympics. And in high school, he said, “My favorite shoes were Adidas.” George Raveling, an assistant coach for the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team, had a long-standing... See more
Billy Oppenheimer • SIX at 6: A Qualitative Phenomenon, Madame Butterfly, Focusing on the Wrong Things, Training Differently, Seeing Beyond the Numbers, and the Secret of Everyone Who Has Ever Excelled
great anecdote
"clarity comes when rest remembers its dreams."
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “
– Mark Twain
TS;WTRM (too short, want to read more)
*saw this alternative today and loved it. Instead of prefacing with a tldr have a summary then a TSWTRM version
Three things:
- Everything, if done long enough and deeply enough, is sometimes tedious.
- I’m pretty sure the key to long-term happiness lies in having fun even when something is tedious and difficult.
- If you find something fun even when it’s objectively hard, keep going.