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Good recommendations. I started doing this slowly over the past few years (watching almost no video, leaving phone behind while going out etc). Last week I went
by paulorlando 6y ago
Good recommendations. I started doing this slowly over the past few years (watching almost no video, leaving phone behind while going out etc). Last week I went off Twitter, which was my main source of news. In a short time that's had a big impact on how distracted I feel.
Also agreed on reading old books. Most new books (at least mass marketed ones) are mediocre. They may have a financial ROI but not a mental one. Reading books that have been around for a while means you're probably seeing the best. Same goes for old movies.
- legulere 6y agoOld Books being better than new ones sounds just like survivorship bias.
- base698 6y agoLindy effect: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
- paulorlando 6y agoDifferent than that. I'm saying that the small number of books published years ago that you still see around are probably the best from the large number that were published in their year. If it were survivorship bias, then I'd say "people used to be better writers..." There were certainly lots of awful books written in the past. We just don't see them anymore.