We underestimate the extent to which we can learn. But we also overestimate the degree to which others can change. Intelligence makes you think faster, comprehend faster, learn faster. But if knowledge is fixed — then it makes no difference how fast you have learned it. Once you learned it — it’s learned. You …
Freedom From Information; Minimalism
consider what it would be like to NOT have to BE INFORMED at all, how much more pure and blissful all would be you’d trade a little excitation and fleeting engagement and sense of control — for stillness of existence Information is obviously entropic It’s a weight which must be metabolised, It’s hard to …
Creativity -> Business -> Art -> Consciousness
1. CREATIVITY is human prerogative 2. CREATIVITY is first practical — then transcendental 3. The practical value of creativity is solving practical problems. It’s as good as well it solves problems, as good as hard problems it solves 4. The transcendental value of creativity is how effectively it elevates consciousness, and how high 1. …
Multithreading (And Learning How To Think)
Multithreading teaches you about all successful reasoning, single-threading or multi-threading the same. Successful reasoning is the same as successful travelling — it’s about successfully efficiently steadily getting from point A to point Z. A single thread has the purpose of going from point A to Z. Running multiple threads simultaneously means you’re getting multiple …
If You’re Not Learning All The Time — You’re An Ignorant Moron
We live in a complex world. To navigate in a complex system you need a detailed map. To navigate in this complex world you need a detailed understanding. To get a detailed understanding — you should be LEARNING ALL THE TIME. I’m usually very critical of the professor, the theoretician, the bookworm, the egghead, …
Will To Change = Know The Price
One’s willingness to change is measured in how much one is willing to PAY, to GIVE (to make that change). The idea of “no excuses”, or conversely of “Excuses” — are both meaningless. They say absolutely nothing about how much you’re willing to pay “No excuses” is an outright lie. Are you willing to …
BOTH Optimistic And Pessimistic
I spoke against optimism in place of realism. I spoke against scepticism in place of possibility, which is just pessimism and defeatism. I spoke for philosophically fundamentally positive attitude to existence I also spoke for seeing more “negative” as your perception improves I want to once again stress it, if it’s not yet clear: …
Explaining vs Knowing
There’s explicit knowledge and implicit knowledge Explicit knowledge is knowledge which can be readily passed, written down, coded, recorder, verbalised, conveyed… Implicit knowledge is knowledge which is difficult to convey, difficult to teach, and often difficult even to be aware of (e.g. try writing instructions on how to WALK properly, as a human being, or …
FUN, CREATIVITY and JOY are HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING
You don’t do art to be creative You don’t dance to have fun You don’t joke to laugh You don’t seek thrills to get excited You don’t indulge to experience pleasure You don’t do things to be happy You don’t seek love You are creative therefore do things creatively (including art) You have fun …
Be More Imitative AND More Original
You should be more imitative AND more original How’s that possible? Isn’t it mutually exclusive? It’s possible if you’re poor at imitating It’s possible if you’re poor at being original It’s exactly what happens: You call it originality — but you’re just poor at imitating Or you call it imitating and “doing what …