Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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In an ongoing study, Wilson observes college students who are left alone in a room, with no phone or other distractions, for 15 minutes. "They hate it," he said. "One would think we could spend that time mentally entertaining ourselves. But we can't. We've forgotten how."
Could boredom be curable? - The Boston Globe
One of the first things I ask people is “what have you tried?” Would you be surprised to learn that most have tried nothing?
- Paraphrased from a Tweet I saw
To Read: Dorothea Brande’s Becoming A Writer
“Instead of working back from a goal, work forward from promising situations.”
polymathematics • Article
The Living Museum
livingmuseum.app
The word "aptitude" is misleading,
because it implies something innate. The most powerful sort of
aptitude is a consuming interest in some question, and such interests
are often acquired tastes.
because it implies something innate. The most powerful sort of
aptitude is a consuming interest in some question, and such interests
are often acquired tastes.