thought Archive

I was just reading Paul Graham’s Mind the Gap (still not done). He was talking about wealth vs. money. It reminded me of a realization I had just the other day, so I thought I would share it with all of you!
All the time I would hear people saying that there was unlimited [...]

Inside the Mind of a Cheater

Here is a very interesting interview with a cheater. (Mild language warning on link)
One of the comments says
“A thief believes everyone steals.” A cheater believes everyone cheats
This is so true. When I was in Boy Scouts there was this one guy who always stole everyone’s food on camping trips. We will call him [...]

Einstein and Creativity

I am reading this fabulous book called Cracking Creativity. It talks, among other things, about Albert Einstein’s creative process. I saw this quote today and it got me thinking:
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
-Albert Einstein

That is the whole beauty of linear and creative thinking. [...]

There are two types of sleep: Monophasic and Polyphasic. By about 7 years old most people in the United States practice Monophasic sleep, or sleeping for one solid chunk of time from 6 to 9 hours, usually at night.
Interestingly, we are all born practicing Polyphasic sleep - rotating through a cycle of sleep and [...]

More on Consciousness

Talk about finding what you are looking for. I caught this quote on a quote of the day list I am on. It is really relevant to what I was saying yesterday on Choosing Thoughts.
Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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I previously discussed the chain from thoughts to actions to habits to character. Now I would really like to re-iterate a point: The importance of choosing the thoughts you give time on the stage of your mind.
Sometimes it may feel like we are bombarded with random thoughts - they just keep coming with no [...]