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Long Distance Thinking
If you want to sound deep, you can never say anything that is more than a single step of inferential distance away from your listener’s current mental state.
Eliezer Yudkowsky • Rationality
How many people actually go back and try and understand this, or other such topics, in a deeper way? Very few. Moreover, the ‘meta’ lesson is: don’t question it too deeply, you’ll fall behind. Just learn the algorithm, plug in the numbers, and pass your exams. Speed is of the essence. In this way, school kills the “will to understanding” in people.... See more
How To Understand Things
As we get older, we seek a bigger picture than a school boy. We learn our lines and something about the rest of the world around us, the community, the economy, the profession, we occupy. We become more worldly. Until recently this was enough for a lot of people. All they really cared about was a rough idea of the world around them. A big picture, ... See more
Grant McCracken • What if culture is the solution: Big Pictures 005
Firstly, life is complex, and if you want to understand it, you have to set aside a fair bit of time to think deeply about it.