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This is arguably the most foundational principle of productivity. Make fast decisions with limited certainty.

Daniel Kazandjian • Minimum Viable Productivity

, “Almost the only position of spiritual dignity left to men, therefore, is a kind of stoic silence, made bearable by the amusement of seeing, hearing, and knowing the full historical irony that its victims are blind and deaf to, and disciplined by the act of withholding comment on what we know.”

Buckley at 100 - Claremont Review of Books

Defining yourself by your suffering is an effective way to keep suffering forever

lesswrong.com • 100 Tips for a Better Life - LessWrong

wisdom 📜

I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code or his data structures more important. Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

Arend van Beelen jr. • Post-Architecture: Premature Abstraction Is the Root of All Evil

Some therapists have an overly reductive understanding of psychiatric diagnosis. They seem to think a diagnosis of mental disorder necessarily implies there is some intrinsic brain abnormality. They think if someone’s symptoms can be explained with reference to a history of abuse or trauma, then a diagnosis doesn’t apply to them. The logic is so

Notable Links & Miscellanea - April 20, 2024

mental health, psychiatry, and friends 💊 🩺

The Democratic Party was haunted by claims that it had "lost" China to the Communists, and it did not want to be accused of also losing Vietnam. Thus, the decision to intervene in Vietnam militarily was based on political expediency, the need to win a second term, and not on rationality.

The Best and the Brightest - Wikiwand

As an introvert, I deeply value alone time, and I often feel the loneliest when I’m with other people

Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness

I don’t talk about it much but I do work at Google and I just want to contribute, as a small addendum to the wider conversation about AI, and how much it sucks, and how stupid it is, and how if you make garlic oil like it tells you to you will give botulism to your entire family -

we don’t use it.

like internally. we don’t use it.

I mean that we... See more

Pyrrhic Comedy

1+1=3.