Brain Food: Experts vs. Imitators
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Brain Food: Experts vs. Imitators
Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky on seeking what is significant:
“You can't expect somebody to become a biologist by giving them access to the Harvard University biology library and saying, “Just look through it.” That will give them nothing. The internet is the same, except magnified enormously.
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The person who wins the Nobel Prize in biology... See more
“You can't expect somebody to become a biologist by giving them access to the Harvard University biology library and saying, “Just look through it.” That will give them nothing. The internet is the same, except magnified enormously.
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The person who wins the Nobel Prize in biology... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Obsessing Over Details, How to Elicit Feedback, and Seeking What Is Significant | James Clear
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Popova describes herself as an “interestingness hunter-gatherer” and she writes Brain Pickings, one of the most popular
Rohit Bhargava • Non-Obvious 2017: How To Think Different, Curate Ideas and Predict The Future
a quotation attributed to Albert Einstein: “Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.”
Sam Gosling • Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
“Einstein didn’t invent the theory of relativity while he was multitasking at the Swiss patent office.” It came after, when he really had time to focus and study. Attention matters—and in an era in which our attention is being fought for by every new app, website, article, book, tweet, and post, its value has only gone up.