William Deresiewicz on concentration as platform to make associations, draw connections
vutran | May 29, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
“It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea. By giving my brain a chance to make associations, draw connections, take me by surprise”
— William Deresiewicz
Robin S. Sharma on writing as life learning
vutran | May 29, 2021, 10:10 a.m.
“Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.”
— Robin S. Sharma
Read More →Enrico Bertini on Inattentional Blindness
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:59 a.m.
“What is an inattentional blindness? Well, it's a concept introduced by vision scientists when they started noticing the idea that related to how powerful attention is in visual perception. The idea is the following: it's very easy to be blind to very big changes if we do not attend to the visual information that changes. “
— Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini on the tragic of perceiving the world as if we have full awareness of it
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:56 a.m.
"We see only a very small portion of the wold and yet perceive we have full awareness of it."
— Enrico Bertini at Applied Perception on Coursera
Dr Link Letter on showing knowledge vs having knowledge
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:52 a.m.
"Having knowledge is good, but you don't have to show it all the time"
— Dr Link Letter in Young Sheldon
Richard Fyenman on studying hard what interest you
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:50 a.m.
"Study hard what interest you in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible."
— Richard Fyenman
Shane Parrish on being offended
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:45 a.m.
"The quickest to be offended are the easiest to manipulate."
— Shane Parrish
