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Weekly reflections on mindfulness & how to make the world more alive
By David Gasca · Launched a year ago
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On million dollars cats
Moving beyond "Value" and the confusion created by this unusual word
Aug 9
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"You know nothing”: a conversational mindset
For my birthday this year I decided that my new goal is to have better conversations. Post-pandemic I feel motivated to meet new people and break out of set routines. I also have had a number of conversations recently where I forced myself to get out of my comfort zone and…
Aug 2
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On extending human understanding of animal sensory worlds through AI
This post is a bit different from my typical fare. I was inspired this last month reading Ed Yong’s “An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us” – a book about the diversity and wonder of animal senses, and how their sensory worlds (aka “their
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Brasilia: life amidst modernism
Finding life in the spaces in between
Jul 21
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My summary of Tyler Cowen's approach to leading an intellectually fulfilling life
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A few minutes from Tyler Cowen's interview with Chuck Klosterman
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Brasilia: life amidst modernism
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On morning routines, habit cues & remembering
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Humans + Caffeine = magic
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How to make living systems
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All is alchemy
Great things are made from simple steps
Jul 11
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On the Three Deaths of good ideas
With some reflections on TikTok & "Need for Cognition"
Jul 5
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How to remember what’s important
Using memory palaces for meditation
Jun 28
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How to make living systems
On the Fundamental Process to Generate Living Systems, based on Christopher Alexander's Nature of Order
Jun 18
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Synchronize! 👯♀️💃🏻🕺🏽
Doing things together makes us happier – on synchrony in religion and Kanye West's Sunday Service
Jun 13
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Humans + Caffeine = magic
Reflections on the role of coffee in history, why cyclists drink espresso, and why tea can be better than coffee
Jun 6
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Torii ⛩, Chuppahs, Sofre Aghd, the Golden Gate Bridge & making the world more alive
Part 3 on Christopher Alexander's "Nature of Order" & structural aliveness
May 31
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How I "meditate"
On cherishing every breath
May 24
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My summary of Tyler Cowen's approach to leading an intellectually fulfilling life
32
9
A few minutes from Tyler Cowen's interview with Chuck Klosterman
6
Brasilia: life amidst modernism
14
On morning routines, habit cues & remembering
7
2
Humans + Caffeine = magic
14
7
How to make living systems
5
3
See all popular
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