Heck, it’s been a while since I published any new posts. It’s not been much in terms of my activity all year round. I’ve managed to read a bunch of books, consume an enormous amount of anime content, work here and there, and did not have any capabilities to overcome my desire to write about “something worth writing about.” Yet perfect is the enemy of good, so here we are. ...
Blindsight is when someone is blind and cannot consciously see things, but their brain can still sense and respond to visual information without them realizing it. Even though they are blind in some areas, their brain can still detect and react to things shown in their blind spots, without the person being aware of seeing them. This shows that there are parts of the brain that can process visual information without the person consciously perceiving it. ...
I loved reading books about how to make your life better. I adored reading productivity books. There’s a dynamic in this kind of non-fiction literature, depicting a shift from being a productive machine to a fulfilled human being, living in a mindfulness state, fulfilling her sense of meaning. The book in question is on the latter side of the spectrum. The author describes the Essentialism principles and how to apply them to your life: ...
Somewhere on the vast landlines of X (former Twitter), I stumbled upon the recommendation of this book. It had a funny cover and a word of advice from some quite reputable, so I had no other way but to read it. The book’s central theme is practical problem-solving in human-built systems with some possible biases and sometimes irrational behaviors. By a set of reality-based examples, full of humor, we’re driven through a journey addressing the core of problem-solving: what it is the real problem to solve and whether it should be solved in general. ...
Recently, I’ve been looking for some fiction to read to pass the time and relax a bit from the thoughts swarming in my head. I read fiction quite rarely, as, you know, I’m a ‘productive’ person . I’ve been looking for something easy to swallow yet relatable, so I’ve searched for some softcore sci-fi in a modern setting. Browsing through some top-tens lists, I’ve found the Broadcast written by Liam Brown. The premise looks simple: David, a YouTube vlogger, gets an offer from a crazy technical prodigy to implant a chip that will broadcast rare thoughts to the outside world. Easy money, easy fame. As you may expect, the story goes full-blown HUMANCENTiPAD pretty quick (no spoilers). ...
If you’re looking for a way to spend several evenings I have something to recommend to you. There’s an awesome TV-series slash documentary on HBO called How To With John Wilson. The premise is quite simple: the narrator asks the question “How to do X”, for example, “How to make small talk?” and goes to the in-breadth exploration of the topic, meeting various people, getting into all sorts of bizarre situations and acquaintances. ...