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Read this korrent: A well-functioning contemplative practice should feel like an engaging encounter with mystery rather than a chore.
A well-functioning contemplative practice should feel like an engaging encounter with mystery rather than a chore.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 Apr 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making dramatic claims about contemplative experience helps sustain interest in a topic that is otherwise fairly dull. — tap to centre the map on it
Making dramatic claims about contemplative experience helps sustain interest in a topic that is otherwise fairly dull.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
1 Sept 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A fulfilling 'do nothing' meditation practice requires equally embracing all present sensation rather than avoiding difficult ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A fulfilling 'do nothing' meditation practice requires equally embracing all present sensation rather than avoiding difficult ones.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 Apr 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it
A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 May 2024
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Practicing meditation for methods rather than for results is one of the most important principles in contemplative practice. — tap to centre the map on it
Practicing meditation for methods rather than for results is one of the most important principles in contemplative practice.
Last stated 4 months ago
11 May 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-05-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Living according to a genuine purpose brings sacrifice, stress and pain rather than constant enjoyment. — tap to centre the map on it
Living according to a genuine purpose brings sacrifice, stress and pain rather than constant enjoyment.
Last stated 10 months ago
5 Dec 2025
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Mark Manson — holds since 2025-12-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A sustained 'do nothing' meditation practice surfaces unresolved psychological material in an order the practitioner cannot control. — tap to centre the map on it
A sustained 'do nothing' meditation practice surfaces unresolved psychological material in an order the practitioner cannot control.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 Apr 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Work that matters requires tolerating discomfort and boredom rather than escaping into distraction. — tap to centre the map on it
Work that matters requires tolerating discomfort and boredom rather than escaping into distraction.
Last stated 5 years ago
by 18 Aug 2021
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Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-08-18 — tap for who they are
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Cal Newport — holds since 2009-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Practising gratitude is a scientifically well-supported way to make yourself happier. — tap to centre the map on it
Practising gratitude is a scientifically well-supported way to make yourself happier.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Sept 2022
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Dynomight — holds since 2021-11-25 — tap for who they are
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Dynomight — no longer holds since 2022-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A celebrated popular science book can consistently misrepresent the literature it summarises and contradict its own sources. — tap to centre the map on it
A celebrated popular science book can consistently misrepresent the literature it summarises and contradict its own sources.
Last stated 7 years ago
15 Nov 2019
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Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-11-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A conclusion being biologically reasonable is not the same as its having been proven. — tap to centre the map on it
A conclusion being biologically reasonable is not the same as its having been proven.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Jul 2026
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Peter Attia — holds since 2026-07-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human lifespan of about 90 to 100 years is right, and living forever is not something to want. — tap to centre the map on it
A human lifespan of about 90 to 100 years is right, and living forever is not something to want.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it
A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Academic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring. — tap to centre the map on it
Academic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring.
Last stated 15 years ago
28 Oct 2011
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Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it
A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic.
Last stated 2 years ago
13 May 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
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Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known.
Last stated 5 years ago
15 Jul 2021
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
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