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Thank you. I love it when I read an article, generally agree with it, feel like i'm wiser now, and then read the comments and someone like you shows me I autom
by danr4 10y ago
Thank you.
I love it when I read an article, generally agree with it, feel like i'm wiser now, and then read the comments and someone like you shows me I automatically agreed with the author without thinking about it too much.
Gotta work on my critical thinking. Any recommendations on what to read?
- Taek 10y agoI don't know if there's something you want to read so much as just have a higher awareness of the active processes in your head. When you agree with something, have a hook that asks why you agree. When you want something, have a hook that asks why you want it. This sort of awareness takes time to build, much like building muscle at the gym.
- danr4 10y agoBut how to I train to be more aware? When I work out I have a plan of execution - various exercises. I need awareness exercises.
- oldsj 10y agoYou could try meditation for 15 minutes a few times a week. Its hard to stick to but i always feel more aware of my thought process afterwards.
- a_small_island 10y agoHave a plan of execution for every article you read.
- mooreds 10y agoJust one? I think you need a plan A and a plan B, and, for some of the longer articles, a plan C wouldn't hurt. :)
- wpietri 10y agoI've grown to be suspicious of getting too comfortable. And to appreciate becoming uncomfortable. So maybe this: For the first article you read every day, take 1 minute and pay attention to how it made you feel. Are your biases and beliefs affirmed or challenged? Can you argue the other side of it fairly? Are there ways the author could be fooling himself or fooling you? If you try that for a while, my guess is that you'll notice particular biases and develop reactions to them. E.g., lately I've been working on in-group bias. I'm more likely to agree with authors I perceive as "us", and more likely to disagree with authors I perceive as "them".
- rorykoehler 10y agoPick a topic (like economics). Pick out 3 contrasting books which give alternative view points on said topic. Read them and takes notes. At the end compare and contrast your notes from all 3 and write your own condensed version of notes from your new perspective. Try make sure the books are really contrasting, i.e. pick work from Ayn Rand, Thomas Piketty & Lee Kuan Yew. It's literally impossible to agree with all three on all topics so you will be forced to analyse why you do or don't agree with the contents of the book.
- ericabiz 10y agoSure, if you want a book that's really unconventional, I like "How to Get Rich" by Felix Dennis. He was worth something like $500 million when he wrote it, a college dropout--probably someone you've never heard of, but you've likely heard of Maxim magazine, which he founded. Not only does it have a lot of excellent business advice, but he's also a pretty hilarious writer. More recently, I enjoyed Dan Lyons' skewering of Silicon Valley culture with "Disrupted" (which just came out and has been getting a lot of press.) I didn't agree with everything he said, but it was a great read nonetheless.
- thruflo 10y agoThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
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- rpgmaker 10y agoSometimes is just a matter of expertise. The more you know about a subject the more critical you can be when reading about it. Many of the posts about SV startups here are very inside-baseball.