Take the Red Pill
I have written before about the Red Pill – Blue Pill dilemma. We are definitely in a time where the choice of pills is right upon us. JP Sears nails the current dominant Blue Pill narrative around Corona Virus: be fearful, stay at home, listen to your leaders, mistrust everyone. While I haven’t seen as … Continue reading Take the Red Pill
DO THIS: The upside of Regret
Jeff Bezos had a problem. He had a very well paying job with a promising career track, but this “internet thing” had caught his interest and overtaken his dreams. Should he leave the good job and start an internet book seller? He told everyone around him. Most counseled to stay with the “sure thing”. That … Continue reading DO THIS: The upside of Regret
The day the Tooth Fairy (almost) died
A “girls only” sign hangs on the matte black doorknob to my daughter’s bedroom. Three $1 bills hang half out of my back pocket as I silently turned the handle. I cringe as the floorboards creak under my weight. “Should have made coffee first.” 9-year-old girl chaos invades my eyes. Everything was strewn randomly about. … Continue reading The day the Tooth Fairy (almost) died
Remember Martin: Regret isn’t a good look on you
I experienced a stark reminder yesterday of how insidiously ugly regret can be. A major internet influencer posted a video about a topic which trending up and to the right lately. Lots of people are talking about it, writing books and companies are building specialty apps around the concept. While this guy was one of … Continue reading Remember Martin: Regret isn’t a good look on you
DO THIS: Don’t be a “Meditator”
At first blush this seems to be exactly the opposite advice I have given before. And to go against my investing rule to only invest in companies with CEO’s who meditate. Yesterday I watched Ryan Holiday talk about his book Stillness is the Key at Google. He gave his 10 tips to add Stillness to … Continue reading DO THIS: Don’t be a “Meditator”
Remember Martin: Science is an Analogy.
I have been thinking a lot lately about “Truth” and the scientific method and what we think of as “scientific truth”. If one looks back in time, you will find many times that the prevailing “scientific truth” was thrown over by subsequent research. For example most scientists used to believe the earth was the center … Continue reading Remember Martin: Science is an Analogy.
Glossary: Hypomnemata
Found this is a review of Pierre Hadot where he uses it how Michel Foucault has used it. While wikipedia will tell you it is scholarly essays written by the ancients, Foucault focused on the style more precisely: ” The hypomnemata constituted a material memory of things read, heard, or thought, thus offering these as … Continue reading Glossary: Hypomnemata
Remember Martin: Least Recently Used Rule for buffer overflow
Just finished Algorithms to live by. Lots of amazing principals in there which my nerd brain geeked out about. Of particular interest is the Least Recently Used Algorithm. Turns out I have been using this all along to manage my closets and sort my to do lists of “someday” tasks. The term comes from computer … Continue reading Remember Martin: Least Recently Used Rule for buffer overflow
Seed Crystal: what is it?
Starting a new Category here at DGC: Seed Crystals. A seed crystal can get a chemical process going. Especially in a super saturated environment. It is the catalyst that starts a larger process going. Like a spark to start a fire. Here is how Robert Persig describes it in Zen and The Art of Motorcycle … Continue reading Seed Crystal: what is it?
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