— Leslie Lamport
Tag: Thinking
The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.
— Mortimer Adler
How you think matters more than what you think
— Philip Tetlock
There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind, especially if he has within himself the kind of thoughts that let him dip into them and so at once gain complete ease of mind; and by ease of mind, I mean nothing but having one’s own mind in good order. So constantly give yourself this retreat and renew yourself
People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills; and you too are especially inclined to feel this desire. But this is altogether unphilosophical, when it is possible for you to retreat into yourself at any time you want. There is nowhere that a person can find a
How we learn …
— Doc Eifgrig Cognitive psychologists have named the way we learn “chunking”. When you want to internalize and understand a new concept with multiple moving parts you break it into pieces, or “chunks.” Most research shows we can handle about four or five chunks. In your head, you juggle these concepts around while you think
Many Americans have a vague sense that their lives have been distorted by a giant cultural bias. They live in a society that prizes the development of career skills but is inarticulate when it comes to the things that matter most…
— David Brooks (link) The young achievers are tutored in every soccer technique and calculus problem, but when it comes to their most important decisions—whom to marry and whom to befriend, what to love and what to despise—they are on their own. Nor, for all their striving, do they understand the qualities that lead to