“The goal [of writing] is to get to the place where your usual judgy mind has been quietened, your easy opinions get reduced and you’re in a kind of holy state of not knowing anything.”
— George Saunders
Mindfulness in Busy Times
A colleague responded to my newsletter, noting that mindfulness can be hard when we are caught up in the daily grind. So, what can we do when busyness overwhelms our ability to be mindful?
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An Idea for the New Year
Mindfulness - the simple act of actively noticing new things - can help us be more open, more engaged and less stressed in this uncertain world.
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I Built A GPT
Building a GPT may be superfluous, but it is step-zero to answering the question "What is Good?"
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Not Perfect Is Good
We aspire to greatness than anything that has ever existed, yet never attaining perfection
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Why We Herd
Herd behavior is the basis for marketing, propaganda, economic bubbles and pyramid schemes. We often attribute blind conformity to FOMO, bad actors and social media. The truth, however, is more benign. Hype works because of a social phenomenon known as information cascades.
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