Muskan Raj
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Muskan Raj
“A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.”
Debate has become less about the pursuit of truth and more about performing intelligence for an audience.
The death of the public intellectual
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
much can be done through effort but more can be done through effortlessness.
and whatsoever you achieve through effort, will always remain a burden to you.
only that which is attained through effortlessness will never be a burden to you,
and only that which is not a burden can be eternal.
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
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
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