Saturday, October 19, 2024

book: Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age: Graham, Paul: 9781449389550: Amazon.com: Books

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham, explains this world and the motivations of the people who occupy it. In clear, thoughtful prose that draws on illuminating historical examples, Graham takes readers on an unflinching exploration into what he calls "an intellectual Wild West."

Hackers & Painters - Wikipedia

is a collection of essays from Paul Graham discussing hacking, programming languages, start-up companies, and many other technological issues.



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Saturday, October 5, 2024

book: The Silva Mind Control Method

Amazon.com: The Silva Mind Control Method: 9780671739898: Silva, Jose: Books


The technique aims to reach and sustain a state of mental functioning, called alpha state, where brainwave frequency is seven to fourteen Hz.[8]:p19-20 Daydreaming and the transition to sleeping are alpha states.

Can anyone give me a step-by-step guide to the Silva method? : r/silvaultramindsystem @reddit

the point of the Silva Method is to get you to do one simple thing:
learn to go to "Alpha state" and function in it 24/7




(Table of Contents)

The Silva Mind Control Method by José Silva | Goodreads

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Saturday, September 28, 2024

book: Ikigai

 Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life - Kindle edition by García, Héctor, Miralles, Francesc. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

"According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living.

And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life.

Having a strong sense of ikigai—where
  • what you love, 
  • what you’re good at, 
  • what you can get paid forand 
  • what the world needs 
all overlap —means that each day is infused with meaning.

It’s the reason we get up in the morning.

It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy.

Ikigai - Wikipedia

The term compounds two Japanese words: iki (生き, meaning 'life; alive') and kai (甲斐, meaning '(an) effect; (a) result; (a) fruit; (a) worth; (a) use; (a) benefit; (no, little) avail') (sequentially voiced as gai), to arrive at 'a reason for living [being alive]; a meaning for [to] life; what [something that] makes life worth living; a 'raison d'être'.




Saturday, September 7, 2024

Optimal Studying & Learning, by Andrew Huberman Ph.D.

Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning - YouTube

In a "nutshell": 
- study (read, listen, watch) once
- self-test immediately after study
- repeat testing multiple times, instead of re-reading/watch/listen

Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning - Huberman Lab

00:00:00 Improve Studying & Learning
00:06:45 Offsetting Forgetting
00:08:22 Learning & Neuroplasticity
00:13:06 Periodic Testing
00:16:09 Focus & Alertness, Sleep, Tool: Active Engagement
00:21:37 Tool: Improve Focus, Mindfulness Meditation, Perception Exercise
00:24:38 Sleep & Neuroplasticity, Tool: Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR)
00:28:29 Tools: Study Habits of Successful Students
00:37:33 Studying & Aspiration Goals; Challenging Material
00:42:54 Tool: Testing as a Learning Tool
00:48:23 Self-Testing, Repeated Testing
00:55:29 Testing Yourself & Knowledge Gaps
01:02:23 New Material & Self-Test Timing
01:07:21 Familiarity vs Mastery
01:10:55 Self-Testing & Offsetting Forgetting
01:15:53 Best Type of Self-Tests; Phone & Post-Learning Distractions
01:22:03 Tool: Gap Effects; Testing as Studying vs. Evaluation
01:25:40 Tool: Emotion & Learning, PTSD, Deliberate Cold Exposure, Caffeine
01:33:28 Tool: Interleaving Information; Unskilled, Mastery & Virtuosity