Tag: thinking
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My main question right now
I once sent a reading list to my friend Michael, who is a PhD in philosophy and religion, to get his thoughts on using it to try and create a sort of self-directed masters in history, technology, and religion. He wrote back and said something like, “Cool, yeah lots of stuff you’d expect to see…
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Writers and thinkers I most respect
On a run this morning, while listening to Dwarkesh interview Tyler Cowen, I came up with what I think is my modern canon of writers and thinkers whose work I most consume. Here it is: Hopefully I’ll add more, but the list being short gives me lots to take in from a few Good People…
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Mind capture
How do you know if your mind has been captured? I think a simple health check is to ask yourself: Who do I respect? When there are issues or questions you face, these people are a good measure against those issues or questions. What do they think? What would they say? I do not mean,…