And the World will process it — A new framework that you can use to see the world is the one where you have Input — Computation — Output. And how it goes is you have an Input, which — in the physical world — can come in various forms and flavors such as a sensory experience. …

More safety, but more isolated — You can spray out a substance on your skin and mosquitoes will stop attacking you. And then you won’t have to think about that for the rest of your day. I didn’t spend any time recently worrying about being devoured by a lion. …

When 90% of everything else is crap — Sturgeon’s law is a philosophical aphorism that states that 90% of everything is crap. And, of course, you should take this with a grain of salt. “All things — cars, books, cheeses, hairstyles, people and pins are, to the expert and discerning eye, crud, except for the acceptable tithe which…

Writing is crystalized thinking. Many writers subjectively report that the best time they can find for writing is early in the morning. And also that reflection comes with the night. Sometimes inspiration might strike, you might feel in the zone, you might want to take out your phone or jump…

Sleep. Diet. Exercise— these are essentials for productivity — Some notes I extracted out of Lex Fridman’s podcast — Day in a Life. You should watch the full episode for a detailed view. Sleep. Diet. Exercise — these are essentials for productivity · Rules & constrains · Gratitude and Goals · Core principles · Posts podcast experience · Exercise routine · Eating · End…

Here are 50 things you can do to unlock your creative engine. The order is random. There’s also a YouTube version of this, containing eye-candy visuals. Simplify your surroundings. An empty space provides a distraction-free environment so that you can play around with ideas in your head. Complicate your environment…

Train yourself to get back to first principles thinking. — I believe you can produce insight even if you are not an autistic genius. You can simply integrate massive amounts of stimuli per unit of time and change. Train yourself to get back to first principles thinking. Strive to penetrate socially accepted paradigms. Do that by sensing the inflections happening…

The Basics of Finding Fact-Based Information in the Digital Tranches — There are 3 main pillars when searching for information in the Digital Era: 1. What are you searching for? 2. Passive VS. Active Information Gathering 3. Paying attention to your biases when doing research 1. What are you searching for? You need to find pre-digested information. This is the most authentic version of the data. If…

I am unsubscribing from everything — Alright, I am going to try to make this one short and sweet. I am unsubscribing from everything. I believe that choices reflect both our preferences and our behavior. Your choice to watch a particular TV show or read a specific book or a YouTube video, a Netflix show, will…