life-and-quiet

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by life-and-quiet 2y ago
I think this essay is about the exact opposite of operationalizing. It's about an internal feeling or life of the mind. One of the examples she points to is how the exact same action (e.g. having an affair) can originate from and resul
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by life-and-quiet 2y ago
This is such a great description of learning in general. You get pockets of information, and then BAM suddenly you can see how they relate.
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by life-and-quiet 2y ago
I think this is so hard to learn because it's counter to human nature, and only necessary due to the artificial conditions of the modern world. We're programmed to want to be useful to our tribe. But we don't live in tribes a
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by life-and-quiet 2y ago
I agree with a lot of what you're saying, but I have to wonder if, at certain frequencies, normal emotions become harmful. Like it's normal to experience sadness, and our brains are built to process it. But I'm not sure our b
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
I think it really depends on what your goals are. If you're just aiming to get a job or make as much money as possible, then yeah I think college is often overrated. But as somebody who took the nontraditional route and is now interest
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
This will come off as passive-aggressive in text, but it's a sincere question: How do you make sense in the rapid increase in mental health issues, including suicide, that seems to correlate so closely with the adoption of smartphones?
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
I think "What Technology Wants" has the best response to this argument: it's correct, but most of us choose to live in a world of high technology anyway. He points out for example that Ted Kaczynski, who went to live in a hut
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
Appreciate this post, and will add my voice to it. Current senior manager in technology whose only academic credentials are undergrad and grad degrees in history and (non-quantitative minor) economics. I do think my career stalled a bit as
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
Would like to second this question. I'm very interested in getting into this world, but it feels like there isn't a clear path (especially for someone self-taught like me). Bioinformatics feels pretty inaccessible without a comput
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
This is super important. It reminds me of the line from "Succession," when Brian Cox says, "The Ford Motor company is barely real. It's a shorthand for a set of financial interests." We use the word "Boeing&quo
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
Affected (former) user. This settlement only applies to financial damages, I believe. If you read the link, or the class action documentation they sent to me, it does not apply to future costs related to medical monitoring or care.
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
Exactly why I left academia with my Master's and didn't pursue a PhD. A few years into my professional life I met a PhD who had actually gotten tenure and gave it up to come work in industry. When I asked him whether he missed aca
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
I understand where you're coming from, and there might not be a lot of great answers, but off the top of my head let's say we have a high degree of confidence it is the phones. A couple immediate next steps we could take: 1. Encou
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by life-and-quiet 3y ago
Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who contributes to the spirit of this place and keeps us a healthy community.