Did I Help Anyone Today? – 7 Takeaways No. 284
Misinformation LOVES impatience. Consider the quality, not the source. On thoughts, truths, and aging. Ban social media bans. Listen to trauma. Help someone. Accept a little boredom.
Critical Thinking
Success Is Not a Straight Line – 7 Takeaways No. 283
Disaster & doomsday are imminent! Old and bold. Heresy becomes truth. Philosophy FTW! Perfectionism and judgement considered bad. Are you cognitively rigid? Just do it.
A Bunch of Specialists in Your Pocket – 7 Takeaways No. 282
Thinking clearly. Constant complaining. The skills to beat AI. The AI will see you now. You’re never f’ed. Simple media literacy. Simple evidence consideration.
Everything Feels Like Propaganda – 7 Takeaways No. 261
Your brain as a DDOS target. Use critical thinking, please. Feed yourself better content. Is it real, or a PR attempt? Convenience is weakening us. Speed versus accuracy. Keep your eyes on the near term prize.
More Complaining Than Gratitude – 7 Takeaways No. 258
Complain, complain. Be reasonable! AI will make us better? Stillness can be fear. No one is thinking. The value of diverse interests and friends. The universe is talkative.
I Am in Awe and Therefore I Wonder – 7 Takeaways No. 255
Mattering in the very long run. Word salad. Dealing with “those” people. Sometimes just listen. Awe and wonder. Acceptance as meditation. Acceptance as strategy.
It Won’t Be a Robot That Pushes Us Over – 7 Takeaways No. 245
Shared standards aren’t. Sanitizing yourself for others. Thank you! Dystopia is easy. Critical thinking is critical. PhD intelligence, not. Anger makes everything worse.
Focus on 24 Hours – 7 Takeaways No. 226
Lighten up. Personal entitlement. One day at a time. Genius ≠ asshole. Boredom vs. change. Lasting 6 minutes. You might be wrong.
Our Eyes Routinely Deceive Us – 7 Takeaways No. 203
Simplistic thinking. Reality meets fiction. Perpetual discontent. Cynicism ain’t smart. Visual deception. Us versus them. Changing their minds.
Curiosity Is Life’s Superpower – 7 Takeaways No. 186
Making the effort. What’s real? Optimism in spite of it all. Curious? Making friends. Get off the couch. Fallacies are seductive.