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Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.
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reminder to self:
Pain x resistance = suffering
Pain x non-interference = purification
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One of my favourite letters, insightful & humane, from Richard Feynman to a former student who was having a rough time
I was reflecting on it as an argument in favour of scope insensitivity, or even in favour of smaller problems:
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“What looks like gaining ten years of experience at the same job is just repeating one-year of experience ten times”
Excellent piece by @itsweichen on why he left Amazon.
open.substack.com/pub/weiche…
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📣 Friendly PSA on how to make Twitter less anger-inducing.
1. Install Twemex to hide the anger machine in the "What's Happening" bar on the right:
twemex.app
2. Use "Muted Words" to filter out things that are negative and angry. My list:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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This world is a feast of learning and the price of admission is one's curiosity. Thinking (critical or reflective) is embedded in curiosity!
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Worth obsessing over:
- Anything that compounds
- Behaviors that never change
- Things you might believe only because you want them to be true
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The things you take pride in are the same things you are likely to be biased about.
How might the things you take pride in be misleading you?
The tighter you cling to your current identity, the harder it becomes to grow beyond it.
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A must follow account of the week (well, I've never actually done this before, so my first ever) is @lizandmollie for their incredible takes on what many of us are feeling, thinking, or struggling with, and expressed in such a simple and beautifully visual way. So powerful.
ALT We think of failure and success as opposites. Picture of two piles of lego style building blocks. One pile is pink and one is blue. When in reality failure is part of success. Picture of a brick wall built using a combination of both the blue and pink blocks.
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Lots of great recommendations in this thread! (warning: liable to produce bookvalanche)
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