Pablo Rodríguez
@piborf
Pablo Rodríguez
Exploring consciousness as felt uncertainty, its plural forms, and the bodily roots of conscious experience and feelings.
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I want to get at another theory of what consciousness is for. I think the language in the book is consciousness is felt uncertainty. Yeah, isn't that beautiful? That is very beautiful, although in practice I find it very unpleasant. But what does that mean?
So the phrase comes from a scientist named Mark Soames who is a neuroscientist and a
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"A simple rule for life that rarely fails:
Optimize for enthusiasm. Make as many choices as you can that leave you feeling energetic and interested. Pay attention to when you have the urge to pursue or participate in something and do more of it."
Optimize for enthusiasm. Make as many choices as you can that leave you feeling energetic and interested. Pay attention to when you have the urge to pursue or participate in something and do more of it."
3-2-1: On enthusiasm, playing to your strengths, and living one day at a time
My take: what’s happening is the same thing that happens with every new revolutionary piece of technology—we stop exercising some mental muscles because the tool makes that particular task easier.
Think about it: GPS weakened our sense of direction, calculators slowed our mental math, and the internet made our memory lazier.
But no one says you’re an... See more
Think about it: GPS weakened our sense of direction, calculators slowed our mental math, and the internet made our memory lazier.
But no one says you’re an... See more
Creative human beings in a post AI world
Mark Manson
Co-authors Rosamund and Benjamin Zander, on finding the right frame:
“Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view. Enlarge the box, or create another frame around the data, and problems vanish, while new opportunities appear.”
“Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view. Enlarge the box, or create another frame around the data, and problems vanish, while new opportunities appear.”
Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly, and live quietly in a world designed to prevent all four.
– Justin Welsh
– Justin Welsh