What is the opposite of Cognitive Clarity? Read more about my journey to begin writing again here. Cognitive Cluster$#@# open.substack.com/pub/cognitivec…

The psychological difference between zero acts of creation and one act of creation, no matter how small, is impossible to overstate. If you’re lucky, sometimes that one idea, one sentence, or one shitty first draft can turn into something bigger.

Clarifying Cognitive Clarity: Upcoming topics. Check them out! open.substack.com/pub/cognitivec…

You can tell when somebody’s writing from the heart because the ideas are singular. The stories sizzle. The words twinkle. But once fear kicks in, people retreat to the safety of repackaged ideas and their writing loses its edge. It’s not that people can’t write from the heart.

Inspired by the famous "Dry January" and marathon workout plans, I considered the role explicit frameworks play in reducing decision-making fatigue and helping our future selves. This time it's related to tech use. Check out "Empty February" here: open.substack.com/pub/cognitivec…

Lenore combines Free Range Kids and Attachment theory: afterbabel.com/p/parents-are-…

"Communication is about what is received, not what is intended. If there is a gap between what you are saying and what they are hearing, you have to find a new way to say it." -James Clear

"If you move, that's how to earn a good life." Last week on the podcast, I shared an episode of Feel Better, Live More in which the world's fastest marathoner Eliud Kipchoge (@eliudkipchoge) sits with host Rangan Chatterjee, MD (Dr Rangan Chatterjee) for his first and only podcast

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AI (if shown to be reasonably unbiased) is going to have an interesting impact in the sense that people will have to respond to the argument/answer itself as opposed to the person who made it. This makes it harder to outright reject an idea without processing it due to origin.

I am excited to learn from Yong Zhao, Ph.D tomorrow at the "Seizing the Moment" conference at Shanghai American School.

Excellent Listen. Highly recommend.

Challenge or threat? Here is some excellent framing on facing your next big moment.

Wish I could train my "For You" feed on X like a proper algorithm. Too much slop, not enough signal. I’m not looking for a TikTok-style feed. I want relevance, depth, and discovery. Let me rate, filter, and tune it with ease. Elon Musk X Engineering

Walk before the talk.

"Everything you do, everything you encounter and everything you experience is changing your brain." Now X this by a lifetime of education in a model that does not provide time for adaptive/personalized experiences. youtube.com/watch?v=LNHBMF…

One day, rows of desks in a gym might feel as strange as student-teacher smoking rooms. This is the first piece in a new project, "This Could Be Better", where I explore school, systems, tech, and the ways we live, learn, and grow in today's world. thiscouldbebetter.substack.com/p/introducing-…