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I spend so much time rushing past moments, trying almost frantically to get through them by applying rules of thumb and not wasting attention. Of course if you
by delichon 2y ago
I spend so much time rushing past moments, trying almost frantically to get through them by applying rules of thumb and not wasting attention. Of course if you do that too little you get stuck in the mud. But too much of it is a form of self-defeating panic. In survival mode you have to rush, eat things you normally wouldn't, put aside any non critical detail. But those details pile up when you stay in that mode for year after year. So my goal is to learn to apply my full attention to the details, and to work hard on picking the right ones.
Factorio teaches this. You work on some tiny little thing, like getting a belt to balance properly, and move on to the next. By iterating that you can raise up this great machine, like pointillist art. Mark Andreessen claims that is Elon's secret sauce. I'm not so much hoping to accelerate inter planetary diaspora as I am to figure out how to keep my shoes from coming untied. I'm considering making one small step for man and ordering those elastic shoe laces, and solve a problem that I've been faffing around on since about age four. And then repeating that.
- highfrequency 2y agoMerry Christmas. Do you have a link to the Andreessen quote?
- delichon 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ4wBv0w9ew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ4wBv0w9ew
- hex3 2y ago[dead]
- punkspider 2y agoI forgot to add this one to my list, but it's exactly what I've been trying for the past few days, after I was reminded of it after hearing John Carmack, in a podcast, talk about learning things deeply. This is one of the reasons I'm dissatisfied with myself. My greatest successes have been when I applied full attention to details out of frustration, which have been rare. I genuinely believe that my life would drastically improve if I'd stop rushing from one thing to another.
- atmosx 2y agoI don’t buy it from Musk, most likely won’t buy it from Carmack either, but I would love to give the podcast a try. Do you happen to remember which one was it?
- skobes 2y agoI gave up on shoelaces many years ago and now wear loafers almost exclusively. It has saved a lot of time!
- physicles 2y agoIf you’ve thought a lot about shoelaces, I assume you’ve seen https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/. I switched to a square knot a few years ago and my shoes basically never come untied.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoThis site is incredible. I applaud the craft and research that went into such a seemingly mundane part of life.
- ornornor 2y agoAbout shoe laces and if they always come undone, try tying them the other way. What I mean is if once they’re tied they’re standing “up”/lying along your shoe instead of straight, then you’re doing it wrong and they’re slowly untying themselves. Instead, make the loop with the other hand. The knot will lie perpendicular to your foot and this one stays tied. Here is a random link with a video: https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/how-to-tie-your-shoes-right-way/ https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/how-to-tie-your-shoes-righ... I didn’t learn this until I was 32, and Im telling everyone since!