Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street. People cooperate in groups to gain security, safety, and company. And competition within the group promotes personal growth and status. The size of the group matters, though. If a group is too small – it has no power or prestige. And if it’s too large, … Read more
We all need to make big decisions. It might involve our career or relationship or location or tweet. And usually – when we make these decisions – we do our best to think rationally. But what does it mean to think rationally? That’s not an easy question to answer. You might think that whatever … Read more
Reconciling our Irrational Beliefs with Happiness One of the central questions to life is: How can be happy? That’s not a straightforward question, of course. What does it mean to be happy? How do we reconcile our irrational beliefs with our desire to be happy? And what exactly is our definition of happiness? Dan Gilbert, … Read more
Barry came up with the brilliant idea to create flavors that matched a lot of different people’s tastes. He created forty-five varieties of tomato sauce and visited several cities to test them out. Campbell Soup was astonished by the results – a third of Americans were craving a flavor that no one on the market … Read more
Why is Stoicism suddenly mainstream? I wouldn’t have imagined that in 2018, ancient philosophies would become more relevant. I decided to put some books on Stoicism on my reading list. to see what the hype was about. Meditation is the first book that introduced me to Stoicism. (Stoicism translates to Stoa or “porch”, which is … Read more
I love to write. I’m not sure why, but I seem to do it consistently over the course of my life. A lot of things around me change, my interests change, the people I spend my time with change, my goals change, but writing has always been there. Here are the 6 reasons why I … Read more
Antifragile is about how we should measure risk. Taleb starts by providing a basic definition that will be the focus of the entire book. Some events or objects are anti-fragile. Others are fragile. Something that is fragile is vulnerable to stress. Ex: A porcelain coffee cup. A robust object can withstand shocks. Ex: A steel door. … Read more
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson If you are interested in reading books about unmasking human nature, consider reading The Dichotomy of the Self, a book that explores the great psychoanalytic and philosophical ideas of our time, and what they can reveal to us about the nature of the self.
The Ultimate Time Management Myth Here are some common reasons you’ll read about for why you procrastinate… Either we don’t have a proper schedule or system. We’re too self-confident – we believe in our abilities more than we should. We have too much anxiety that results from fearing failure. We have a warped sense of … Read more
“Are people a means to an end or are they an end in themselves?” Other than being momentarily intellectually stimulating, the question – posed by a professor in a course about ethics – wasn’t very meaningful. But I find myself thinking about this question more often as time passes. I was reminded of that question … Read more