Brain Food – No. 545 – October 8, 2023
Timeless ideas and insights for life. (Read the archives).
FS
An argument to avoid reading the news:
Our obsession with being informed makes it hard to think long-term. We spend hours consuming news because we want to be informed. The problem is, the news doesn’t make us informed – quite the opposite. The more news we consume, the more misinformed we become.
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Insight
Tiny Thought(s)
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No one grows up saying I want to do the same thing everyone else does. And yet, there is comfort in surrounding yourself with people who agree with you or are doing the same thing.
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Be kind. Everyone has something going on inside them that you can’t see.
TKP
A special episode of TKP about positioning and turning desired behavior into default behavior.
“What looks like talent is often good positioning and the best way to put yourself in a good position is with good preparation. A good position allows you to think clearly rather than be forced by circumstances into a decision.”
ETC.
How otherwise smart people …
“One of the stupidest things I’ve repeatedly seen smart people do – I call this Advanced Stupid – is that they get so fixated on trying to optimize something complicated, that they forget to optimize for survival, and then they get knocked out of the game.”
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Thanks for reading,
— Shane
P.S. Fun for kids and adults alike.