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by bloch 18y ago
Tyler Cowen on reading fast: "The best way to read quickly is to read lots. And lots. And to have started a long time ago." http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/12...
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Juan Enriquez: The Untied States of America(poptech.org)
25 points by bloch 18y ago|0 comments
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The Big Picture: Roundtrip with Endeavour(boston.com)
1 points by bloch 18y ago|0 comments
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We Agree: Get Froze(overcomingbias.com)
1 points by bloch 18y ago|0 comments
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You Only Live Twice(overcomingbias.com)
35 points by bloch 18y ago|63 comments
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by bloch 18y ago
Re. monetary incentive: https://www.stickk.com/
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Superstimuli and the Collapse of Western Civilization(overcomingbias.com)
2 points by bloch 18y ago|0 comments
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by bloch 18y ago
The paradox of anti-procrastination: You cannot outsmart yourself.
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The International Space Station turns 10(boston.com)
1 points by bloch 18y ago|0 comments
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by bloch 18y ago
Good idea! Noprocrast with override option is (for me) about as effective as hiding the ice cream beneath a bag of frozen peas would be for a kid. You could limit the max length of minaway to prevent people from accidentally blocking the si
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by bloch 18y ago
The problem with the override option is that it is a weak barrier. It takes a split second to click it and after two or three times it becomes a habit to override. A good solution would force the user to become acutely aware of what he is a
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by bloch 18y ago
You can still change the OS time.
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by bloch 18y ago
Is it time for you to stop trolling?
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by bloch 18y ago
"Jaeggi’s fluid-intelligence game works, but it’s lab-based at the moment and has yet to be adapted for general use." You can try it right now at cognitivefun.net created by whacked_new: http://cognitivefun.net/ http://news.ycombinator.c
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by bloch 18y ago
Actually it is ok advice taken as the first step. Write to see what you think. Then rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.
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by bloch 18y ago
I'd be more worried about humidity, mold, radon etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_air_quality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon#Health_Risks_and_Epidemio...
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by bloch 18y ago
Remove override option from anti-procrastination feature.
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by bloch 18y ago
Why is there even an override options, given that the point of using the feature would be that you have low selfcontrol? Btw no anti-procrastionation software will ever be useful until it prevents you from changing the OS time... HELP!
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by bloch 18y ago
"Finally, deliberate practice is an effortful activity that can be sustained only for a limited time each day during extended periods without leading to exhaustion (effort constraint). To maximize gains from long-term practice, individuals
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by bloch 18y ago
"Another way to read quickly is to cut bait on the losers. I start ten or so books for every one I finish. I don't mind disliking a book, and I never regret having picked it up and started it. I am ruthless in my discards." Tyler Cowen
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by bloch 18y ago
Any list above 5 items signals that the writer hasn't done what is really valuable for the reader: Preselected and prioritized the material. 89 items is just camuflaged information overload.
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by bloch 18y ago
Piotr Wozniak (inventor of SuperMemory) wrote about this eight years ago: http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm
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by bloch 18y ago
Agree. He has build the funfair of brain fitness!
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3D dual n-back Speed Run(cognitivefun.net)
19 points by bloch 18y ago|6 comments
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by bloch 18y ago
"Our evolutionary psychologists begin to guess at the aliens' psychology, and plan out how we could persuade them to let us out of the box. It's not difficult in an absolute sense - they aren't very bright - but we've got to be very carefu
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by bloch 18y ago
Perhaps people without your super secret self designed software could use http://www.stickk.com/ for something similar.
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Cognitive Fun: Jaeggi/Buschkuehl dual n-back task(cognitivefun.net)
1 points by bloch 18y ago|0 comments
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by bloch 19y ago
Watch the attack at 3:53. It is pretty easy being a martial legend if your students attack like that.