Because whatever it is, it’s training you for tomorrow. Anything we do is creating habits that will extend into the future. There’s no way around this. So with that in mind, it’s helpful to think of this as an opportunity to slowly upgrade our habits. For example: If I take breaks by watching videos, wouldContinue reading “What are you doing now?”
Author Archives: Melville
Why you should get a hobby
Hobbies keep you sane, hobbies are the best way to relax, hobbies are how to meet people like you. You can start a hobby any time. If you don’t know how to start a hobby, just follow these steps: Pick a hobby or two from this list that interests you. https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/leisure/hobbies-for-men/ Jump in without thinkingContinue reading “Why you should get a hobby”
Is the internet getting worse?
Reasonably Polymorphic describes why lately, so much of the Internet feels bland and generic: The internet feels now like it consists of ten big sites, plus fifty auxiliary sites that come up whenever you search for something outside of the everyday ten. It feels like it’s harder to find amateur opinions on matters, except ifContinue reading “Is the internet getting worse?”
Interesting People
Dieter Meier – From “ohhh yeah” to a millionaire investor. The definition of interesting. Everette Maddox – House poet of the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. Marvin Przyblek – Doctor and founder of a medical association who later founded a training company. He also wrote a series of cyberpunk novels that became a videoContinue reading “Interesting People”
Forever Young
I’ve watched this clip of the 1993 Oscars repeatedly, and I don’t know why. Is it nostalgia? Sure, it’s that – certainly playing Forever Young over 30 year-old-video is going to contribute to nostalgia. Is it sadness at the people who are no longer with us? Yes, there is some of that. But I thinkContinue reading “Forever Young”
Quote of the Day
Our entire antiquated process of adversarially writing high-stakes laws on paper at the last minute, deploying them in production to hundreds of millions of people without any testing, and then getting them interpreted in unpredictable ways by regulators and solicitors will be seen as a bizarre relic of an older time. Paper laws will goContinue reading “Quote of the Day”
Brain computer interfaces becoming real
Oxley is the founder and CEO of Synchron, a company creating a brain-computer interface, or BCI. These devices work by eavesdropping on the signals emanating from your brain and converting them into commands that then enact a movement, like moving a robotic arm or a cursor on a screen. The implant essentially acts as anContinue reading “Brain computer interfaces becoming real”
The most common dream, by country
The authors use Google data to determine the most popular dreams by countries. Apparently, “teeth falling out” is incredibly common in Western countries. I live in a Western country, and have never had a dream about my teeth falling out. Other common dreams are the sea and particularly, snakes. Read the whole thing here.
Pray to be prolific
“Don’t pray to be a better writer. Pray to be a more prolific writer.” I’m not sure who said that, I think it was Neil Gaiman, but anyway the quote really stuck with me because the point it makes is just to keep creating – eventually greatness will emerge. That’s why I liked this LetterContinue reading “Pray to be prolific”
Crime in the United States is down
It doesn’t feel like it, but according to Wikipedia: the quantity of overall crime is still far below the peak of crime seen in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s, as other crimes such as rape, property crime and robbery continued to decline. Data like this is critical and nearly alwaysContinue reading “Crime in the United States is down”
Basement Whatever 