December 2017

@Connoropolous Yup. My main technique for avoiding this is to give myself 5 minutes to think of a thing and after that I just have to do my top thing. Sometimes thinking done with eyes closed, sometimes in writing (see malcolmocean.com/2017/11/captai…)

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Replying to David Chapman @Meaningness · Dec 8, 2017

@Malcolm_Ocean The logical positivists did think more or less that (with some nuance and internal diversity of views)

@Meaningness I appreciate the quick reply! It's in my blog post now: malcolmocean.com/2017/12/unders… (with a link to your page on nebulosity)

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Replying to David Chapman @Meaningness · Dec 8, 2017

@juliagalef A bit of the backstory here: meaningness.com/metablog/dr-br…

@Meaningness @juliagalef Since reading your post awhile ago, "Dr Bronner's Monist Soap" is just what this product is called in my head now. No regrets.

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Replying to @simpolism @simpolism · Dec 21, 2017

"The Drop" is the moment of comprehension as a physically (i.e. rhythmically) illegible musical segment suddenly becomes legible.

@simpolism Hey @fortelabs this is sort of an answer to your question:

Tiago Forte @fortelabs · Jun 30, 2017

Where does the energy you feel when the beat drops come from?

Dec 21, 2017 4 likes 0 RTs

Replying to Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase @ncasenmare · Dec 20, 2017

"Why isn't the art of programming as *alive* as the art of painting?" My new project's finally out –– JOY.JS: make happy little programs! 🎨 ncase.me/joy/ 🎨

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@ncasenmare @SarahAMcManus I believe you asked for almost exactly this!

Dec 21, 2017 0 likes 0 RTs

Replying to Tiago Forte @fortelabs · Dec 21, 2017

@Malcolm_Ocean You create milestones, convergence points at points that are legible enough to get feedback. Like releasing software with enough changes to gather user feedback, but not so much the signal gets lost

@fortelabs Ahh, okay. I think I may have interpreted "short bursts" too narrowly, ie as if referring to a single work session. I gather it's fractal, and a short burst could also be a few days of writing or something? But I still seem to be slightly confused.

Dec 21, 2017 0 likes 0 RTs

Replying to Tiago Forte @fortelabs · Dec 21, 2017

Is there any way to “go offline” for the holidays while keeping phone to communicate with loved ones? I have all app notifications turned off but don’t want texts and other messaging apps about work coming through

@fortelabs Semi-extreme options: - get special chat app for select few loved ones; uninstall the other apps for the holidays - buy a new SIM with new #; turn off data and only give new # to loved ones for sms

Dec 21, 2017 5 likes 0 RTs

Replying to Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv · Dec 22, 2017

@suchaone questioning the assumption that sanity is necessary and/or desirable

@visakanv @suchaone questioning the assumption that any of what we've seen so far of the 21st century provides the possibility for raising sane children in it

Dec 22, 2017 3 likes 0 RTs

Replying to Philip E. Tetlock @PTetlock · Dec 27, 2017

great graphic illustration of exactly how vague vague-verbiage forecasting is. But it under-states the problem: watch out for those fat-tailed phrases

@PTetlock I'd like to see this next to a calibration chart... so it would also indicate for instance that people say "99% sure" when they mean "80-95%", and similar things!

Dec 28, 2017 0 likes 0 RTs

Replying to Gary Basin @garybasin · Dec 30, 2017

Are (most all?) people "experts in their own lives" at getting their System 1 needs met, and only appear irrational or crazy from the outside when the observer's own craziness is of sufficiently different flavor? Or am I just rationalizing?

@garybasin Perceptual Control Theory strongly supports a view similar to this. Each person's control hierarchy has various reference levels (some of which are ~hardcoded, eg temp, hunger, meaning) & at any moment either the reference levels are ✓ or their ctrl hierarchy is reorganizing

Dec 31, 2017 5 likes 0 RTs

Replying to kevin simler @kevinsimler · Dec 30, 2017

@garybasin I suspect this is often a very fruitful perspective to take. Q: What are some examples of System 1 (or 2) needs? (I’m familiar with the S1/S2 dichotomy, just not in the needs department.)

@KevinSimler @garybasin Probably a better mapping is "unconscious"/"conscious" instead of S1/S2. So an unconscious need is something that your system will in fact act to ensure it gets, whereas a conscious need is something that your conscious mind thinks it needs (which you might not actually seek!)

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