Muskan Raj
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Muskan Raj
Debate has become less about the pursuit of truth and more about performing intelligence for an audience.
The death of the public intellectual
I find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone else’s; it’s always what I’ve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea.... See more
Denise Coates, Efficiency vs. Effectiveness and Embracing New Experiences
Research demands the flexibility to pivot or explore tangential connections as the investigation unfolds
anthropic.com • How We Built Our Multi-Agent Research System
Anthropic Engineering Release
This is how you must do it, people. I have never created anything in my life that did not make me feel, at some point or another, like I was the guy who just walked into a fancy ball wearing a homemade lobster costume. But you must stubbornly walk into that room, regardless, and you must hold your head high. You made it; you get to put it out
... See moreElizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
I like the idea that mastery is simply a very intimate understanding of all the possible mistakes one could make. Daniel Dennett had a great riff on this– he recommended being a connoisseur of one’s mistakes.
Visakan Veerasamy • on scaffolding
I like the idea that mastery is simply a very intimate understanding of all the possible mistakes one could make
You do have all the time you will ever need. The best time is any time one is lucky so as to still have.
Traveler, there is no path
By Antonio Machado
Traveler, your footprints
Are the path and nothing more;
Traveler, there is no path,
The path is made by walking.
By walking the path is made
And when you look back
You’ll see a road
Never to be trodden again.
Traveler, there is no path,
Only trails across the sea…
The fear of making mistakes is a particularly strong dampener on one’s learning. You can’t learn if you can’t make mistakes. I like the idea that mastery is simply a very intimate understanding of all the possible mistakes one could make.