I am officially into David Deutsch’s book. Bigtime. And loving it. So the chapter I am reading right now… Chapter 10 – ‘A Dream of Socrates’…turns out it was actually a dream Socrates was having (I didn’t want to assume). If we are told something in our dreams, or in reality, it doesn’t matter. We process things the same way.…
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I’m reading this book. I don’t understand some of it, and my interest in it comes and goes depending on what David Deutsch talks about, but it’s amazing. And I’ve got right back into it today, after starting chapter 10 – A Dream of Socrates. The chapter recounts a dialogue between Socrates and Hermes (from what I’m guessing, based on the chapter…
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That was me today when I was teaching my English class. For over 3 hours, in front of 8 students. I knew they were laughing at something. And I only noticed after. When even the shiest and most modest student who barely ever smiles and definitely never laughs is suddenly laughing out loud, something’s got to be up. That’s kind…
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This is Snufkin. He’s one of the characters from Tove Jansson’s amazing cartoon, The Moomins. The Moomins is set in fictional Moomin Valley where he and the Moomin family and their friends live. These are a few of the reasons I like him, wish I was more like him and am similar to him, for better or worse: • Snufkin chases…
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Take everything on the internet with a grain of salt. I know a few things. Not many. I know the sun will come up tomorrow. Most likely. But scientifically you can not say it will come up for us on Earth tomorrow. It’s possible it won’t. I do know some facts though. Facts from the past. And I know where I…
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My friend Matt is up here in Queensland for a week to watch the Super Bowl together. He expresses himself really well and understands how you say what you say matters a lot. And he has some words that he things do not help you live better. One of them is: ‘quickly’. Let’s say someone says to him (for example),…
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When choosing a new career direction, it’s important to stop and think ‘Is technology going to make me obsolete one day?’ There’s so many jobs where actual human people are being told, ‘Sorry, Garry. See that machine over there? Yes, well, how do I put this… goodbye.’ A friend of mine got Lasik eye surgery last week and I don’t…
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Neil Strauss says writers block is like impotence. Firstly, he says that it’s bullshit, and all it is is you putting pressure on yourself to perform, when the thing to focus on doing is to relax and just write. Be present and just do it. Just write. Rick Rubin once set this homework for an artist he was working who had…
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I’ve been reading a lot about creative, innovative, intelligent and successful people lately (I just finished Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss – that is one amazing book). Reading about these people, and listening to them on podcasts talk about what they do, it seems to me there’s 3 things they all do: They read books. They stick to their own systems, routines and…