Jorge Fuentes
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on the atlas — 10
- Here's the exit. - LessWrong4 savers
- Escalation Theory: Compliance, Violence, and Overachievement In Society1 savers
- Curius / Onboarding2621 savers
- Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial | The BMJ2 savers
- The Purpose of Technology2 savers
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal1 savers
- Tools for keeping focused2 savers
- World Report 2020: China’s Global Threat to Human Rights1 savers
- World Report 2020: China1 savers
- Looking for Alice - by Henrik Karlsson - Escaping Flatland90 savers
highlights — 8
The ones who overachieve the most are those who devise the most effective ways to manipulate their own psychology into jumping through ever more inane hoops, no matter the test that’s put in front of them. His follow-on point is that these people are all deeply unhappy. Thus: at scale, on the societal level, selecting for academic performance also selects for unhappiness.
Escalation Theory: Compliance, Violence, and Overachievement In SocietyThe subject that interests him, he’s read newspapers, biographies, trade press.
Curius / Onboardingvertical filing cabinet in his brain of layer
Curius / OnboardingIf we had infinite time, we would be less concerned with whether something was faster. The reason speed has value is because time has value; the reason time has value is because human life has value, and lifespans are finite.
The Purpose of TechnologyLife extension is the most important thing we can invent.
The Purpose of TechnologyPut another way: we may not get life extension or the whole suite of transhumanist technologies (brain-machine interfaces, stem cells, CRISPR gene therapy, and more) unless you, personally, evangelize them online. Not just tweets, but articles. Not just articles, but videos. Not just videos, but feature films.
The Purpose of TechnologyGmail filters send important email to a label called “Temp Inbox” and the rest to a label called “Unimportant.” I check Temp Inbox each evening and Unimportant once a week. Since incoming email doesn’t go to the inbox, I can open Gmail to compose or search messages without getting distracted by unread messages.
Tools for keeping focusedGmail filters send important email to a label called “Temp Inbox” and the rest to a label called “Unimportant.” I check Temp Inbox each evening and Unimportant once a week. Since incoming email doesn’t go to the inbox, I can open Gmail to compose or search messages without getting distracted by unread messages.
Tools for keeping focused