To fight against entropy....
Subjective cues are NOT reliable. What you think is true doesn't matter. If you haven't trained how to relate subjective cues to real world outcomes, then anything you think or feel is not reliable data. Trust your measuring tools instead. Think you're pronouncing something incorrectly? Feel the subjective sensations in your mouth and think they're wrong? None of this is reliable. Think you've…
This post came from a conversation I had with a custom “Sam Ovens” GPT. I asked it a question I’ve been struggling with: Should I pursue success as fast as possible… or take a slower path that doesn’t sacrifice health, friendships, or my morals? Here was my exact prompt: I have a dilemma right now. I want to be successful, but I see two possible strategies. The first is a speedrun — full…
Tolerance-Based Thinking What is Tolerance? Tolerance = the allowable variation from a nominal (perfect) dimension. Example: A shaft specified as 10.00 mm ± 0.02 mm means anything from 9.98 to 10.02 mm is acceptable. Parts that must fit, seal, or rotate smoothly (bearings, shafts, mating surfaces) require tight tolerances. Parts that don’t directly interact, or are cosmetic or structural, can have…
Perfect health Complete silence (this is written as an exaggeration on purpose, but of course I'd be satisfied with top 1% results. aiming for something bigger or near impossible is more fun tbh)
(what's written here isn't meant to look good or be digested by other people, these are some thoughts) emotions and working memory an overloaded working memory may not be the only reason you don't get the results that you want. but it may simply be that you're giving your advice to others because you're living your life and applying your concepts. so it may not be an overloaded mind the problem…
one of my weaknesses is that I let my emotions overload my working memory when I give advice to another person they're not part of the equation, and the course of action seems straightforward if I'm capable of becoming aware of this problem I can start to fix it sometimes I forget how small is my mental bandwidth when i start to ruminate and think anxious thoughts my functional IQ drops down -100…
These are non-negotiables I believe you need if you want to get closer to your FULL potential: Healthy brain and body Dopamine fasted brain (natural state) High-quality stream of information 1) Healthy brain and body. Your brain is very much affected by what you do. What you do to it (and your body) will influence the quality of your experience. An example of this is exercise. It releases…
ways of approaching your goals 1. the explorationist playstyle: slow and explorational. would make mistakes on purpose to learn. pros: useful for doing reruns. small possibility you find a new better path through iteration. it's fun and no pressure. cons: slow on your first playthrough. might waste time learning useless concepts. tedious method of finding the best path in retrospect. iterative 2.…
Thinking inside your head is stupid. Outsource your working memory to paper instead. Because imagine this: you come up with a problem, but then you find another problem that's even more problematic, and now you're stuck between two problems inside your head you have to solve at the same time. That's inefficient. But with paper, you can leave your initial problem behind and save it for later. Then,…
Messing with your dopamine is dangerous Because you're messing with your entire will to live. You do things based on you wanting rewards. Your career choices, mate choices, friend choices, they all start with dopamine and end with dopamine. Without dopamine you're an empty shell. With dopamine even the mundane becomes interesting. Kill your dopamine - kill your entire will to live.