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Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about. Distraction is not something done to you:you turn to it willingly, to escape thediscomfort of the thing you actually careabout. Last stated 5 years ago by 18 Aug 2021 OB Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change. — tap to centre the map on it Removing your own ability to retreatis how you make yourself followthrough on a hard change. Last stated 4 years ago 20 Apr 2023 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2023-04-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. — tap to centre the map on it You want to force yourself not todelegate all of your thinking to thetool, and to use it in a way thatexpands ideas and magnifiescuriosity. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 PS Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way of getting in touch with it — tap to centre the map on it Meditation is not an escape fromreality but a way of getting intouch with it YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting oneself be seduced by the narrative of someone with strong views and believing it fully can show its nooks and crannies, as long as one then comes back to the centre. — tap to centre the map on it Letting oneself be seduced by thenarrative of someone with strongviews and believing it fully canshow its nooks and crannies, as longas one then comes back to thecentre. Last stated 6 years ago 13 Oct 2020 CP Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2020-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who turn to methods and techniques to stop suffering only add more things to do. — tap to centre the map on it People who turn to methods andtechniques to stop suffering onlyadd more things to do. Last stated 2 years ago 14 Apr 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-04-14 — 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 requirestolerating discomfort and boredomrather than escaping intodistraction. Last stated 5 years ago by 18 Aug 2021 OB Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-08-18 — tap for who they are CN Cal Newport — holds since 2009-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom of thought requires deliberately disconnecting from online content, because a large percentage of it is designed to manipulate you. — tap to centre the map on it Freedom of thought requiresdeliberately disconnecting fromonline content, because a largepercentage of it is designed tomanipulate you. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling for a pause on AI is a fantasy, and not engaging with AI is unlikely to be the best stance. — tap to centre the map on it Calling for a pause on AI is afantasy, and not engaging with AI isunlikely to be the best stance. Last stated 2 years ago 15 Oct 2024 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2024-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it Achievement is wonderful when youknow why you pursue it, and a trapwhen you do not Last stated 11 years ago 27 May 2015 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it An unstarted, unresolved task ismore mentally exhausting than almostany other kind of task. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about. Last stated by 18 Aug 2021 · 5 years ago Holds Oliver Burkeman Read this korrent →