Philip Soriano
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Philip Soriano
And if your cravings can't be beaten by mere reasoning, then consider rearranging your lifestyle so junk info is simply not an option. The way I beat intellectual obesity was by trying to become the best writer I can be. Writing requires you to filter out bad information because you have a duty to your readers to not be full of shit. Writing also... See more
Gurwinder • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
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We evolved to crave sugar because it was a scarce source of energy. But when we learned to produce it on an industrial scale, suddenly our love for sweet things became a liability. The same is now true of data. In an age of information overabundance, our curiosity, which once focused us, now distracts us. And it’s led to an epidemic of intellectual... See more
Gurwinder • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
The commerce of masculinity is the trading of wit-covered put-downs. Your son will experience it in junior high school. And he’ll experience it even more powerfully if he joins a fraternity. Despite the negative stereotypes, fraternity brothers often bond for a lifetime, sometimes becoming among the few long-lasting friends men have.
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
Spaced repetition yields exponential benefits for increased effort. So, at least at first, you gain more from a piece of information every time you return to it. Your ability to remember something improves every time you review it, and the more you do it, the less time it takes to do so. Taken all together, racing through ideas at 3x speed is... See more
David Perell • Against 3X Speed
As the workforce increasingly evolves from muscle to mental, and rote tasks are increasingly handled by robots or computers, humans will be increasingly required for our emotional intelligence and empathy.
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
I find it hard to imagine Leonardo da Vinci or Sherlock Holmes spending so much time with summary. I suspect careful thinkers do not gain a mastery of mystery, or attention to detail, by scrolling Reddit or listening to current event podcasts or asking “AI” to summarize anything. Instead I imagine they spend their time with primary sources,... See more
The Trick to Becoming Who You Want to Be
youtube.com“Why is change for the better so difficult and frightening? We know that in every process of change there is an element of insecurity. The move from a known to an unknown position entails a period of instability. The child learning to stand up and walk is insecure but not frightened. He is not afraid to fall. We cling to the old because we believe... See more
Barriers to entry for his peers, Palley explained, include a sense of ignorance. “We’re used to seeing everything online — click to browse and click to buy — and there is huge transparency and the commercial art world is very opaque and hard to navigate.”
“That doesn’t work for us,” Palley continued. “My generation, we want to see numbers, we want... See more
“That doesn’t work for us,” Palley continued. “My generation, we want to see numbers, we want... See more
Where Are Young Art Collectors and Museum Donors?
Where Are Young Art Collectors and Museum Donors?
The art world is concerned about where the next generation of buyers and supporters is going to come from.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/arts/design/young-collectors-museum-donors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb