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The irony here is that you're still optimizing, we're just arguing about heuristics. I find it to be a very difficult thought experiment to consciously avoid op
by peterlk 6y ago
The irony here is that you're still optimizing, we're just arguing about heuristics. I find it to be a very difficult thought experiment to consciously avoid optimization. Maybe the key might be to stop thinking and/or live without intention...?
- ddingus 6y agoLeave room for random time. Say 80 percent intent, 20 percent in the moment.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoThe author specifically refers to optimizing for wealth and working time though, so in the context of the article it is optimizing less.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoThis is true and a problem a lot of people who are trying to be mindful deal with. Many have "goals" to get "better at" meditating. This is due to our conditioning - we're convinced everywhere that we aren't good enough, in everything we do, from ads, to our boss, to our internal voice. Sometimes I find just saying "you're doing fine, whatever it is" can be really helpful.
- dmje 6y agoSuch a great point and one I had when I started seriously meditating a couple of years ago. It's only now really that I'm starting to be able to just sit, without a goal, without some sense of "am I enlightened yet" as a thought somewhere at the end of the tunnel. Of course, in sitting I am (as per above) optimising - optimising stillness and inaction but yes, optimising. But then as per reply below, the piece was specifically about wealth and working time which is a different beast. Man, interesting stuff :-)