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Time has value, but the value isn't inherent to it, it how you use the time. And that value is relative to the individual, can't be traded between peers, sold or bought.
Time is probably a concept as far from currency as I could ever imagine.
(I once read that Focus is more valuable than time, btw. It's also not a currency, but it has much more value)
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there are many pedestrian overpasses in some big cities (like the one I live in) but it's not so simple, because then you have to climb up stairs, which takes more time... you walk more steps add some heavy duty sun and people rather wait in the shade down below rather than climb up. Also pedestrian overpasses tend to be really narrow (read: uncomfortable) Also, why should we be so stingy with time? it's better (IMHO…
> why should we be so stingy with time? Because it's fungible. If I save 10 seconds, maybe I get to keep those for myself.
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My choosing of phrase “A popular basketball player” is not to dismiss him on the basis of his profession but to contextualize his authority; that his authority comes from being good at sports but most importantly being enormously famous. This should not create undue relevance for him in this particular topic. But halo effects and whatnot, our stone age brains have the tendency to attribute importance to what he might…
> My choosing of phrase “A popular basketball player” is not to dismiss him on the basis of his profession but to contextualize his authority So you admit, you're making an appeal to (lack of) authority. And it is based on his profession, or you wouldn't have brought up his profession while attempting to discredit his thoughts.
If you feel like you can identify with Kobe Bryant to the point of finding his work/life advice useful, go ahead. I don't. I find it misleading. I find it harmful. He is far from being the top thinker on this matter. He is not Bertrand Russel talking "In Praise of Idleness". He is irrelevant.
If you want to stop wasting your time, and want to learn something thoroughly and once, I would recommend learning how to use Anki effectively. It has reduced the amount of time it takes to learn new things, while simultaneously allowing me to remember them for far longer periods of time. I can currently stop an online course for months, and return to the same point when I come back, with far more knowledge of the su…
Thank you for this - and the references to how you came across the concept. I was personally only recently introduced to anki [1] & [2] However, I tried it out but I couldn't end up using it to 'remember books' or broader concepts that the books convey indirectly. I've started summarising books and using a manual form of spaced repetition to remember them better. Do you have any advice on organising such knowledge be…
Regardless, I'm reading my previous comment and should admit that I'm quite intense about efficiency in learning. Less so about money. I've spent a lot of time tutoring, making this an important subject to me and I get.... emotional. I apologize if my original comment seems rude. It certainly feels that way to me.
If you want to stop wasting your time, and want to learn something thoroughly and once, I would recommend learning how to use Anki effectively. It has reduced the amount of time it takes to learn new things, while simultaneously allowing me to remember them for far longer periods of time. I can currently stop an online course for months, and return to the same point when I come back, with far more knowledge of the su…
> learning how to use Anki effectively. I made this exact comment about two weeks ago, you might find it useful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22855046
It's my daily gym activity for my brain.
I do come across such code all the time, and most of the time it's my own code.
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> learning how to use Anki effectively. I made this exact comment about two weeks ago, you might find it useful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22855046
In response to that previous comment, it should be noted that by using Anki daily, you will increase blood flow and connectivity in the hippocampus region. In turn, this will increase the amount of things that you can learn in a time period. I've been able to increase my new card count and review count over time without too much drain, and I answer questions far more quickly than I did when I started. It's my daily g…
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Thank you for this - and the references to how you came across the concept. I was personally only recently introduced to anki [1] & [2] However, I tried it out but I couldn't end up using it to 'remember books' or broader concepts that the books convey indirectly. I've started summarising books and using a manual form of spaced repetition to remember them better. Do you have any advice on organising such knowledge be…
I just take handwritten notes, then convert them into carefully designed and tagged cards in Anki. Even if I forget something, searching my Anki deck will usually not just tell me the information, but what book it came from, and often which page. I'm pretty diligent about careful note collation. I've definitely gotten better since I read "The Organized Mind", a book which was so enlightening for my persona that I bui…
I think direction matters more than speed. Even without a belief in God, but I explain why I do.
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> Waiting for the light to change is a huge waste of time for both pedestrians and drivers That's because it's designed and run by the government, which has no interest in saving time. How many hours do we all waste waiting for a light to change when there's no cross traffic? having a "platoon" of cars come to a halt to let one car cross? having a light turn yellow at the last moment to slam on the brakes? How much g…
Roundabouts could replace most, although not all, instances of traffic lights. They're so pleasant to use.