I try to discover and distill the most impactful knowledge over a long time.
I am interested in almost anything but organically gravitate towards topics like cognitive biases, psychology, view quakes, well-being, epistemology, mental models, collective coordination and decision-making, rationality and effective altruism. I don’t normal write, but I care about being simple and precise. Read more in about.
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I'm not sure if this is phrased better, or if I've just been exposed to the idea I've been pondering for a while, but when I read this, yeah, it's clear that's how addiction works:
„I’d like to think really long and hard about how popular gaming is with young boys all over the world, and how quick mainstream society has been to dismiss that as frivolous-at-best and soul-destroying at worst. I won’t pretend that it can’t be bad, I’ve personally seen friends go deep into the abyss of gaming-induced hell. But if you ask me, it’s never really the games themselves that are the root of the problem. The deeper issue is almost always that the person had a gaping hole in their lives that gaming filled. That’s an important difference. I think many addictions are like this. (Consider the rat park experiments, where rats in healthy social environments were found to consume less morphine than rats in isolated cages.)” via Are you having fun, son byVisa
@Last Thursday
Others not looking, a prayer
I want the ideas from Get Over Yourself by Bryan Caplan to keep repeating in my head to calibrate my hunter-gatherer-mammalian-reptilian. So I remixed it in a form of a prayer.
@February 1, 2024 – @Last Wednesday
Still focusing on “I don’t know why but I feel this is the way it is”
@Last Wednesday
Essays and updates
A couple of essays to start with:
Wiki
Mix
Redefinitions
Epistemology
Ethics
Health
Counting
Science
Tools
Creating
Psychology
Thinking
Estimating
Concepts
Learning
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Q&A
What topics are the most important to you?
Why to meditate?
It lowers anxiety; brings higher emotional control; enhances navigating through complex problems (i.e. it's making me a better designer). Read more in a guide to
How this site is built?
I use Notion with a super.so plugin to transform a Notion dock into a full functioning website. If you don’t use Notion I think it is the best solution in the space by far.
What is the most important and neglected idea about the way people communicate?
The density of information. The shorter the more valuable the message is (while the creator simultaneously preserves its depth and quality). On this website, I try to use as little words as possible. 💡A quick tip: By default books are long. I often "read books" by watching authors summarizing them in a 1.5h podcast or YouTube lecture. Often it's even a better content because authors simplify idea and communicate them in the most direct way. For example, listen to Sam Harris systematically sourcing Nick Bostrom's top ideas from four of his most influential papers.
What is wisdom?
Wisdom is just covering blind spots in one's mental model map of knowledge | Charlie Munger read more
Why are you developing this website?
My grandpa knew a lot about the evolution of religions, history of Slavs, law system of Poland. But this knowledge mostly died with him. Learning can be really entertaining, for some it is addictive. I feel the need for the input (learning) and the output (communicating findings) to be connected. Each of us is a peculiar filter of this complex world. What are your foundational motivations? Which are the most valuable resources you have? What are links, ideas, personalities that influenced you to choose the path you are on? I will be transmitting my findings through this website.
My grandpa Marian knew a lot about the evolution of religions, history of Slavs, law system of Poland but this knowledge mostly went with him to the grave. When I asked him why he don’t do something with this knowledge he said there is already too much written and he don’t need to add his three grosz’s (polish penny). I think he was subjected to Learning can be one of the most satisfying things in the world, for some it is even addictive. I feel the need for the input (learning) and the output (communicating findings) to be connected. Each of us is a peculiar filter of this complex world. What are your foundational motivations? Which are the most valuable resources you have? What are links, ideas, personalities that influenced you to choose the path you are on? I will be transmitting my findings through this website.
Contact
📪 Substack
🐦 Manifold
✍🏻 Medium
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