Notes
These are a few notes I take in my private journal which I've selected and decided to share publically. The content here is even less of a "finished product" as in writing.
The Story of China 2022-04-26
By Michael Wood It's good never to forget that we are a violent species that has only relatively recently 'risen' to our humanist ideals: (p…
Learning Chinese 2022-04-05
Advice from Leo Tunkle Anki deck "spoonfed chinese" (its about $2) People say "you should make your own cards", but this is the exception…
Deep Work (Book) 2022-03-14
Rules for focused success in a distracted world.
By Cal Newport Part 1 Chapter 1: Deep work is Valuable Chapter 2: Deep work is Rare Chapter…
Blogreading Session 1 2022-02-27
Notes on The big sanctions: A quick explainer - by Noah Smith SWIFT is a communication platform banks use to talk with each other securly…
Slaughterhouse Five 2021-12-14
Quotes These are just plain funny There was a soft drink bottle on the windowsill. Its lable boasted that it contained no nourishment…
Blyth 2021-11-07
Haiku volume 1 It belongs to a tradition of looking at things, a way of living, a certain tenderness and smallness of mind that avoids the…
Jung 2021-08-05
Architypes of the Collective unconcious (22) That the gods die from time to time is due to man's sudden discovery that they do not mean…
Aldous Huxley 2021-08-01
Collected Essays (Chatto & Windus) Words and Behavior Decentralization and Self-Government To some extent, no doubt, the old, "natural" life…
Nietsche 2020-05-31
The falseness of a judgement is to us not necessarily an objection to a judgement: it is here that our new language perhaps sounds stranges…
Josh Waitzkin 2020-03-25
25/03/2020, 11:01:36 Interview 'how to cram 2 months of learning into 1 day' MIQ stands for Most Important Question training. Ever night…
