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r/Anki - Reddit
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“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.”
Sebastian Junger • Tribe — Sebastian Junger
Upstream Razor:
If somebody tells you something that goes against their incentives and identity – pay attention.
E.g. If someone tells you the worst part about living in their city or the worst part of their job – it’s usually signal rather than noise.
Why?
They’ve had to go against their identity to say it.
They’ve had to swim upstream.
If somebody tells you something that goes against their incentives and identity – pay attention.
E.g. If someone tells you the worst part about living in their city or the worst part of their job – it’s usually signal rather than noise.
Why?
They’ve had to go against their identity to say it.
They’ve had to swim upstream.
Sound Circle
webfft.net“Specificially, pursuit of novelty creates “luck”, and curiosity is the emotional manifestation of novelty. If we’re more open to what attracts our attention, we’ll get a lot luckier.”
Paul Millerdtwitter.comA Senior Engineer's CheckList
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In Lauren Oyler’s essay about anxiety last week, she referenced a late 19th century diagnosis known as Americanitis , which described “the high-strung, nervous, active temperament of the American people.” Whether incited by advances in technology (causing loss of sleep, excessive worry) or capitalism (causing long work days, fast pace of life), the... See more