When Status Slips and Rage Rises – The Roots of Polarization
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The news slams into us every day—another hate crime, another community torn apart, another reminder that the center isn’t holding. As racism resurges and social trust frays, it’s no wonder people seek refuge in polarised worldviews. In our second look at Think Again we’ll examine the issues with society that I see leading people towards…
March 2025 Reading Recap
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Fiction Wind and Truth This is an epic book and with everything going on in my life it took me since the release of the book in December to get through it, but it was worth the read. Here we have massive revelations to the nature of the gods of Roshar and the Cosmere along…
Number 3653
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This is my 3653 blog post and just like Seth I’d write even if no one read it. I certainly don’t write for the massive blogging money.
Working like the 90’s
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Yes, we should work like the 90’s and get to disconnected when we leave the office. At my job I don’t ever check my email because I only get around 1 email a month that would involve me and it also involves my boss because he copied me. Thus, he always mentions to me that…
Second Opinions and Self-Deception
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We’re swift to recognize when other people need to think again. We question the judgement of experts whenever we seek out a second opinion on a medical diagnosis. Unfortunately, when it comes to our knowledge and opinions, we often favor feeling right over being right. In everyday life, we make diagnoses of our own, ranging…
The Problem Isn’t Reading. It’s What We Teach Boys to Value
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I’m clearly a reader and I have a house of readers, sometimes to the detriment of my kids getting ready for school on time. This video ties together some interesting points about how when a hobby or field becomes just over 50% women, men suddenly flock away from it to the point where a field…
A Notebook is too slow?
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What if a notebook doesn’t keep up with your thoughts? Wait, what if you’re thinking about it all wrong and you’re attempting to move far faster than you can realistically while giving your tasks and ideas the thought they require? I still sit with a notebook in front of me daily. I track my tasks…
Bob Doto on Note-Taking – A No-Nonsense Guide to Writing with Purpose
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Next month the book club is reading Think Again by Adam Grant Join the book club to get all the content in your inbox. While the most famous book about starting a Zettelkasten may be How to Take Smart Notes it’s not necessarily the best book on the topic. Valuable entries have come from Dan…
Readwise Reader: Sync, Highlight, and Read Smarter
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After covering a bunch of read later options recently the most requested option has been Readwise Reader. Readwise is a compelling option with RSS integration, Kobo/Kindle integrations, sync with Obsidian and to top it off the ability to send various content to it so you can read and highlight it later. Disclaimer: Readwise gave me…