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Mental Pivot #78: Active Reading, Brevity, Stupidity
The conversation we have with books, Winston Churchill’s wartime memo on brevity, and Ian Leslie’s taxonomy of stupidity.
Jun 3
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Mental Pivot #77: Sharing, Hermeneutics, Time Trap
The joy of curation and sharing, the art of understanding and Hans-Georg Gadamer, and how the billable hour warps our perception of time.
May 27
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Mental Pivot #76: Vague Instructions
An anecdote about assuming too much, entropy explained with sheep, and a brief intro to the Johnny Decimal system.
May 20
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Mental Pivot #75: What’s Interesting?
The characteristics of interesting content, Ryan Holiday on how to digest books, and the “Tom Sawyer Effect.”
May 13
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Mental Pivot #74: Beginner’s Mindset
C.S. Lewis on the disconnect between student and teacher, Nassim Taleb considers disinformation and salient details, and the See-Do-Feedback practice…
Apr 29
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Mental Pivot #73: Skepticism, Optionality, Observation
Sextus Empiricus’ “Outlines of Pyrrhonism”, the trap of optionality, and what Renaissance painters can teach us about reality and perception.
Apr 22
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Mental Pivot #72: Philosophy, Collapse, Algospeak
An introductory anthology to essential philosophy topics, the problems of context collapse and content collapse, and the evolution of language in…
Apr 15
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Mental Pivot #71: Frequent Illusions
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, reflecting on the status games you’re optimized to play, and thoughts on virtue signaling.
Apr 8
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Mental Pivot #70: Decomplexification
Dan John’s no-frills fundamentals, a practical lesson in ergodicity, and understanding strategic culture through games.
Apr 1
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Mental Pivot #69: Difficulties, Aphorisms, Time
Scott Young looks at “desirable difficulties” in learning, a list of eponymous laws (e.g., “Murphy’s Law”), and the trade-offs that come from “making…
Mar 18
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Mental Pivot #68: Expectations, Pricing, Socrates
The superpower of low expectations, a guide to the psychology of pricing, and an instructive demonstration of the Socratic method.
Mar 11
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Mental Pivot #67: Invention and Innovation
The story of Ruth Wakefield and the consequences of small things, habit formation and role models, and assessing risk with the micromort.
Mar 4
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