Valeria Marin
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Valeria Marin
Thomas Leroy - The Weight of Thought. What the Rumination Trap feels like.
Getting stuck in the trap of inaction because of all the potential things that could go wrong, there is some satisfaction in feeling like there’s something being done when in reality we’re just frozen by fear.
If it doesn't defy the laws of physics - you can't give fixed odds on whether a human will solve the problem because of human agency.
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
There's no unsolvable problem. If it doesn’t defy the laws of physics, it’s only up to us as humans to decide to find a solution. The probability of solving a problem is increased by us taking the path of high agency.
"When you're told that something is impossible, is that the end of the conversation, or does that start a second dialogue in your mind? How to get around whoever it is that's just told you that you can't do something" - Eric Weinstein on high agency.
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
" Stress primarily comes from not taking action over something that you can have some control over” - Jeff Bezos
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
Stress can be reframed as an opportunity to think about a problem, act on a situation we’ve been ignoring.
One tool to make this easier is to reframe decisions as experiments . You’re no longer a perfectionist frozen on stage with everyone watching your every move, you’re a curious scientist in a lab trying to test a hypothesis. E.g. “ I’m 60% certain that moving to New York is better than 40% of staying in Doncaster...Ok. It’s time to Blitzkrieg. ”... See more
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
“Reframe decisions as experiments“ these experiments give us practical data and there’s confidence to be found when applying this principle.
Low agency is being stuck for years on a problem without realising it could’ve been solved by one hour of searching YouTube.