Day 4 — Jan 4, Wed, 2023: 40 minutes, 11 pages of evolve your brain. Felt very tired today so read much slower than usual. Finished with + 20 mins of Naval’s how to get rich:
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Daily reading update — Jan 5, Thu, 2023 (Day 5)
60 minutes, 24 pages of the origin story.
Ditched evolve your brain bc it got mystical. Went after the origin story instead bc one of my goals for this year is to improve my world model. Enjoying it so far; substantive and novel.
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Daily reading update — Jan 6, Fri, 2023 (Day 6)
40 minutes but only 6 pages of Origin Story.
Couldn’t concentrate well and felt very tired; hence the snail’s speed. Also tinkered with ChatGPT as a reading copilot. No issue with sitting down to read; feels very natural already!
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Daily reading update — Jan 7, Sat, 2023 (Day 7)
Stayed up until 1 am but got the reading in! 15 mins, 5 pages of origin story. Feeling good!
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Daily reading update — Jan 8, Sun, 2023 (Day 8)
60 minutes, 18 pages of Origin Story.
Slower than usual because ch1 has many unfamiliar concepts from physics. Enjoying the struggle! Playing with ChatGPT as a reading copilot to cut my learning curve:
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ChatGPT is a decent v1 of a reading copilot.
I ask it questions that pop up in my head as I read and get reasonably in-depth answers that I can investigate further if I want.
The problem, however, is that I have no idea how trustworthy these answers are 
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Daily reading update — Jan 9, Mon, 2023 (Day 9)
60 minutes, 16 pages of Origin Story.
Again reading slowly bc I’m basically learning physics. Felt like a kid again reading about the birth and death of stars; a feeling I haven’t had for a while. Bought myself a reading stand!
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Daily reading update — Jan 10, Tue, 2023 (Day 10)
50 minutes, 5 pages of Origin Story.
Went on a tangent to understand spectroscopy: youtu.be/cMCzA9rqJy8 It’s an interesting question whether such digressions/rabit holes are productive or not. Prob depends on the goal.
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Daily reading update — Jan 11, Wed, 2023 (Day 11)
30 minutes, 3 pages of Origin Story.
Finally understood how planets form! Basically gravity centrifuges matter around a start in a disk and then matter further accretes into planets, satellites, asteroids, etc.
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Daily reading update — Jan 12, Thu, 2023 (Day 12)
30 minutes, 11 pages of Origin Story.
Finished the chapter on molecules & planets; excited to start one on life! Realized that seismography and spectroscopy are quite similar: both measure how signal passes through an obstacle.
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Daily reading update — Jan 13, Fri, 2023 (Day 13)
~45 minutes, 10 pages of Origin Story.
Started reading up on the origins of life! Enjoying my reading setup. Very close to the first 100 pages this year!
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Daily reading update — Jan 14, Sat, 2023 (Day 14)
2 hours, 21 pages of Origin Story!
One of my longest sessions so far! The habit feels very natural already. Understood how cells make energy via incredible ATP synthase membrane rotors. Short video:
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Daily reading update — Jan 15, Sun, 2023 (Day 15)
40 min, 10 pages of Origin Story
Crossed 100 pages! It’s been amazing to watch how small but daily reading sessions, sometimes just one or two pages, accrued to something as significant as 100 pages. was right :)
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