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But finally, I’d like to argue that following the news isn’t just a waste of time, it’s actively unhealthy. Edward Tufte notes that when he used to read the New York Times in the morning, it scrambled his brain with so many different topics that he couldn’t get any real intellectual work done the rest of the day.

"there's nothing interesting on arxiv these days!" - the words of an uncurious mind i have personally been blown away by the volume of interesting papers posted over the last few months, and eagerly following daily digests here are some papers i enjoyed the... See more

People dramatically under estimate how many decisions one has to make before shipping the v1 of even the simplest product. They all seem obvious in retrospect, but so, so much thinking had to happen to ship something like "press a button, get a ride."

Hacker news has some of the smartest minds in tech. I've been browsing HN and separating the cracked from the mid, to collect all the best comments into one super-dump of pure knowledge. The best comments on physics, ML, music, and productivity. 🧵 👇 https://t.co/ecApeJt19z

I think today the variance of weirdness is increasing. Conformists can conform like never before, due say to social media and the Girardian desire to mimic others. But unusual people can connect with other unusual people, and make each other much weirder and more "niche." For instance, every possible variant of political views seems to be "out... See more

Positive sum thinking is what grows the pie in a macro POV, but also in your own life. The more happy you are for others, the happier they’ll be for you.