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Quadratics might be more useful for optimizing (min/max problems)..

Didn’t Chinese yuppies already experience all this like, 20 years ago?

…and let us know before your company goes public

Seems like a good time to invest in Spain’s solar.. Perhaps they can export stored sunlight to their neighbors up north..

I spent one evening laying on the Yosemite valley floor, from dusk until well past the moon and stars had made their appearances. The entire time I was there, frogs were holding a …

When did this become legal?

Can you elaborate on the second point? Sounds like an interesting dynamic but I don’t understand..

“The Buddhist does not see the world as divided between warring good and evil influences, but rather views the wandering mind non-judgementally, as needing only constant gentle cor…

Thank you for sharing, this was a nice contrast to the usual mindfulness approaches. Also appreciated the takedown of Mr Hanania

Very beautifully written. (A little puzzled as to why 4 people were involved in publishing the excerpt)

(I mean the original reference itself is surprising)

This was such a trip, appreciate all the references. But that is no philosophy for life. I’m actually surprised it is written that way in the Bible.

It’s kind of amazing to think people were writing 2,000 years ago and that their work was preserved and we actually have access to to their ideas. Especially when you consider that…

You want fire and brimstone self-help?

Sounds like something Louis Carroll might have had fun with

Milosophy Latin > Greek

… khod-Kushi in Persian means suicide.

If you have enough savings to take year off, quit your job (or minimize/part time it) and apply yourself to what you really (think) you want. You may be surprised at the results, b…

Thank you. Is it a technical term used in marketing? Plenty of people also criticize behavioral economics for being manipulative, especially if they don’t agree with the behavior t…

It would be silly to assume that the criteria that yields a law (or a system) be itself subject to that law or system. Logically, that criteria must encompass the system and cannot…

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions- Thomas Kuhn (oldie but goldie) Permanent Record -Ed Snowden (maybe a little dated but still fairly relevant)

It’s not always possible to change your environment. In the most difficult scenarios, you will actually have very little control over your environment. But it’s still possible to o…

First time I’m reading about a character trait walking straight off the page into the reader’s life..

It’s not supposed to be descriptive in this case, unless it’s a reflection or self-assessment. For goals, it’s supposed to be aspirational, like a vision you cultivate for yourself…