phil
@phil
Disconnecting Distraction is one of the few Paul Graham essays that has bad advice. It's about avoiding distraction on the internet. It's like when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, except in this case it's the entirety of human knowledge in your pocket. https://paulgraham.com/distraction.html
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will
@w
have you read hamming's "you and your research"? imo being active on the internet is the ultimate "open door" policy
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will
@w
(for those who haven't read it: https://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html) and the relevant paragraph:
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Tarun Sachdeva
@tarun
One of my favorites on this topic is from @vgr https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/against-waldenponding
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