You tried to spark a friendship, went out on a limb, and someone didn’t appreciate your efforts. Maybe you’re freaking out. You don’t do this often, and it stings. It was painful feeling snubbed. Perhaps this is further proof that you are incapable of friendships, that you’re irredeemable or unlovable. Jeff, or whatever his nameContinue reading “Embracing Rejection (Friendship)”
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The Progressive Overloader’s Toolkit
When you’re looking to increase your physical fitness, you should see duration, intensity, and novelty as the main tools in your kit to improve performance from the gym. External factors like sleep, nutrition, hydration are also important, but these occur outside of the gym. If you’re trying to improve your performance in an exercise, theContinue reading “The Progressive Overloader’s Toolkit”
How I accidentally beat Ahkil Reed Amar in an argument (3rd most cited law scholar) and why it matters
The conversation between Stephen Bowling and Ahkil Reed Amar (AMA going forward) was definitely intellectually stimulating, but a few things that Ahkil claimed were wholly not persuasive to me. His big thing is originalism is correct, which is the orientation that original intent and history are key to understanding ideas is right. He claims alsoContinue reading “How I accidentally beat Ahkil Reed Amar in an argument (3rd most cited law scholar) and why it matters”
SohoForum Retrospective: Why I think David Leonhardt is Half-Right on America’s Trend-Line and Why It Matters
On Monday, I saw a debate between John Early and David Leonhardt. I personally think from the discussion that Leonhardt had the upper hand, and would have liked to explore deeper ramifications of each side’s perspective. From my understanding, Leonhardt argued that a wide variety of sources show that economic growth for lower class AmericansContinue reading “SohoForum Retrospective: Why I think David Leonhardt is Half-Right on America’s Trend-Line and Why It Matters”
Blogging and Situational Awareness
A couple of challenges. I’ve noticed that when I blog, I like the relative anonymity. I can discuss what I really think about things- that’s generally desirable. However, there’s a paradox because if I am too blunt, A. It’s entertainment value rises and B. It becomes more indicting. He thinks that?!? Leaving low-hanging fruit outContinue reading “Blogging and Situational Awareness”
What Can Project Managers Learn From Consultants?
Consultants charge hefty premiums for their services, and must use strong communication skills to justify their high salaries. They hop between projects lasting about 3 months, and their corporate culture teaches them a set of tactics allowing them to identify areas for improvement. Since they specialize in generic cost-cutting, increasing sales, and supply line numbersContinue reading “What Can Project Managers Learn From Consultants?”
Self-Efficacy & Fixing Your Car’s Battery
My car has been out of commission for the last week or so. Instead of being able to do much of anything, I’ve been stuck at my place, looking for something fun to do. I called my friend who does a fair amount of auto-repair and he convinced me that I could change my ownContinue reading “Self-Efficacy & Fixing Your Car’s Battery”
Two Directional Predictions about AI
AI is very good at absorbing and incorporating the meaning of the written word. This is transformative to very smart people, who instead of having to work with large teams to get anything done, can prompt expertise in most ways. Being able to ask the correct questions to GPT requires an amount of verbal intelligence,Continue reading “Two Directional Predictions about AI”
Rise & Grind: Why There’s Some Truth Behind Why The Rich Seem Unpleasant
In any world, there will be more and less successful people. It’s probably not going to be the case that the modal person is going to be successful, given that institutions are skewed towards average, with a focus on lower average. As a result, listening to large institutions and going about your life is notContinue reading “Rise & Grind: Why There’s Some Truth Behind Why The Rich Seem Unpleasant”
A possible explanation for popular philosophy sucking
A lot of the highbrow intellectualism I see around me lacks rigor to say the least. Because it makes assumptions about human nature that are contested, if not downright incorrect, much of what people read fills their head with nonsense. Instead of getting into why I think the specific cultural hegemonic set of ideas isContinue reading “A possible explanation for popular philosophy sucking”
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