Practical Curiosity

@PrincipledThink

Learning, observing, building to live a richer life. Sharing what I learn, seeking to learn from others

Vrijeme pridruživanja: srpanj 2019.

Tweetovi

Blokirali ste korisnika/cu @PrincipledThink

Jeste li sigurni da želite vidjeti te tweetove? Time nećete deblokirati korisnika/cu @PrincipledThink

  1. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    16. stu 2019.

    I was briefly calling myself an independent researcher: somebody who self-funds spec R&D on their own ideas. In theory it’s something like indie-research : academic research :: blogging/self-publishing : traditional publishing. But the idea doesn’t really work.

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  2. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    16. stu 2019.

    Research = a) long time between having an idea and having something to show for it that even the most sympathetic fellow crackpot would appreciate (not even pat for, just get) b) a >10:1 ratio of background invisible thinking in notes, dead-ends, eliminating options etc

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  3. Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  4. “When you let go of the expectation to perform, that’s when the magic happens.” -fitness clothing company Outdoor Voices ... because endorphins.

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  5. Poništi
  6. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    13. ruj 2019.

    The 21 Rules of Life Written by Miyamoto Musashi one week before his death. Thread:

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  7. Has parenthood become the ultimate luxury good?

    Poništi
  8. A well articulated argument for a broad education-- including but importantly not limited to the sciences... by George Orwell in October 1945:

    Poništi
  9. "The voice of reason is small, but very persistent." -Freud

    Poništi
  10. 5/ Not a judgment. But it means that those who choose their own paths must figure out these disciplines for themselves. It comes with its own set of risk/reward.

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  11. 4/ This structural blueprint is not required, of course, but it ensures that default lifestyle choices tend toward a productive society.

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  12. 3/ -Have children --> forces one to invest in something for the long-term, even though it's tough early on -Join a church --> forces one to pause every week and go somewhere to have a chance to reflect, and consider the unanswerable questions

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  13. 2/ -Buy a house --> forces financial discipline, being a member of a community -Have a career --> forces one to develop some skills and keep doing it over time

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  14. 1/ The middle-class stereotypical lifestyle contains a pattern of defining structure to enforce discipline for a productive society, whereas deviations from this lifestyle require one to cultivate discipline as an individual. Examples:

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  15. proslijedio/la je Tweet

    "Public opinion is often wrong, mob opinion is almost always wrong, and religious opinion is wrong by definition."

    Poništi
  16. What bothers me about political discourse today is more that I can’t understand how they think than what they think

    Poništi
  17. This is a fantastic resource... concise intros to major econ concepts (micro & macro) by

    Poništi
  18. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    17. kol 2019.

    “I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.” — Charlie Munger

    Poništi
  19. 2/ and Aldous Huxley: “Systematic reasoning is something we could not, as a species or as individuals, possibly do without.” But neither, of we are to remain sane, can we possibly do without direct perception, the more unsystematic the better.”

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  20. 1/ Two thoughts on highly verbal education vs direct experience: “I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only Wise. This they do with a confident insolence sprouting from systematic reasoning.” -William Blake

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi

Čini se da učitavanje traje već neko vrijeme.

Twitter je možda preopterećen ili ima kratkotrajnih poteškoća u radu. Pokušajte ponovno ili potražite dodatne informacije u odjeljku Status Twittera.

    Možda bi vam se svidjelo i ovo:

    ·