The average person doesn’t think enough.
I am certain this article is talking about non-average people like Federer.
Thinking too much can be bad for you (2012)
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#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Alfred Whitehead's observation that 'civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them'. Reminds me a bit of a quote I heard recently: "Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems. Throw away the solution and you get the problem back."
It might apply to some traditions. However, for others, this is more accurate: "Tradition is a set of solutions for problems that don't exist anymore". An example of the latter that immediately springs to mind is circumcision.
>> Tradition is a set of solutions for problems that don't exist anymore
That'd be reductionist rationalists' position.
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Absofuckinglutely. Too much mind. My arsenal for this includes: Beer, wine, wine coolers, hard cider, stoli vodka, malibu, rum, champagne, cbd isolate sublingual tincture, music, Hue mood lighting, candle-like scents, soft sheets, massage, MIV, cell phones in the microwave (faraday cage), and not talking about anything current. If involved parties aren't relaxed, it's unlikely to be that good.
The alcohol definitely cuts out the overthinking, or any thinking at all. If you are a good soul at heart, the real you that comes out when inebriated can be quite charming, and the opposite if you the real you is a jerk. But it isn't the always greatest thing for the actual sex.
In vino veritas. Tipsy vs. whiskey dick. These are so obvious, I don't see why they need mentioning or explanation.
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#215Qualitatively, I notice depressed people tend to read, write, and philosophize more. I think it partially explains the phenomenon of post-drinking philosophizing at 3 am since EtOH is ultimately a depressant and often amplified by tiredness, and also EtOh seems to promote socializing, Although hangovers are temporary depressive dips where reading, writing, and philosophizing may not be the first thought.. at least not until the bathroom, nsaids, and coffee.
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#216It is not really "not thinking", but not using your conscious mind, which can only focus on a single thing. You think with your subconscious mind too. But this can do multiple things at the same time, way faster than the logical mind. The harder you focus on a single thing, the more you ignore the entire system and the slower you perform. It is not just instinct as the article say, a tennis player does not play by in…
There is a word that is missing from the language or at least common usage, and that is differentiating something done with conscious effort of every little detail, and something you just do without thinking about it. (there are probably lots of words which somewhat fit the bill) The hardest way to do something is complete conscious control of every step, the easiest way is something you can do perfectly on autopilot…
In Dutch that word would be "automatisme": a habit so ingrained in your mechanical memory that it doesn't require conscious thought.
Thinking about it, wouldn't the word "habit" cover it in English? It makes me smile to realize that our habits are so ingrained, we don't even realize we have a word for it :)
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#217After only skimming and searching, it seems a bit weird to open an article on this topic with an example from tennis and _not_ reference The Inner Game of Tennis. It's a pretty good book that can be applied to lots of things; conscious thought and verbalizing can make you worse at learning and executing a task.
It reminds me of The Pace regarding motorcycle riding. I think there are a lot of places where this is relevant.
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#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Another problem: we are facebook too! In the sense that small companies heartily believe that they actually have problems at the scale of a company like facebook (or will ever get to that level). Precisely! It's tiresome how many people setup Kubernetes for a network of 2-6 computers.
I was with you once, but last year's I got tired when people set up networks of 2-6 computers with daemons that run in a wildly different ways, and it's not clear how to fix their failures, where configs and metrics and logs are. I'd honestly prefer overengineered kubernetes setup nkw, only for some more standard way of doing things between projects.
That's a false dichotomy though. Having a standard way of doing things between projects does not require running a complex distributed system with dozens of pieces all engaged in constant chatter. It's a testament to the failings of our profession that we apparently cannot agree on a sane baseline toolset less complicated than Kubernetes.
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#219Thinking keeps me awake. It's getting worse as I get older. Maybe it's anxiety or something related, and sometimes it's worried thoughts, but often it's just running through scenarios. Video games, media plots, what I need to do next week. My brain is far more active after 10pm, and I am personally more motivated. I get a burst of energy but it's not really the right time to clean the house so lying in bed has it all…
I'm exactly the same, only I've done it ever since I was very little and it simply never went away (I'm in my early 20s now). Usually I'm awake in my bed for at least an hour. Sometimes two. I just really can't stop thinking. It's not anxiety in my case. Any people here who were in a similar situation and were able to get rid of it, or make significant improvement?
I often get symptoms like this if I am working on/thinking about highly technical things past about 8 PM. I feel like the pace and energy level of what I'm doing is a contributing factor, as I've found reading technical books rarely causes it.
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#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ubuntu is the distribution. GNU is the operating system. Linux is the kernel.
"GNU is the operating system" only makes sense when speaking about GNU Hurd or Linux-libre. The kernel is part of the OS, so in the case of ubuntu GNU can't be the operating system. But if Linux is the kernel, and GNU is part of the operating system because the OS is more than the kernel, then why is the OS GNU/Linux and not Systemd/GNU/Linux? And on Ubuntu you install most stuff with apt instead of using gcc, and us…
Let's not forget that more than 90% of packages in Ubuntu are taken from Debian without any significant modification.