"Reading 50 books a year is something you can actually accomplish."
Changing times - the past seems very distant
“In broaching the possibility of being, in some way, against self-criticism, we have to imagine a world in which celebration is less suspect than criticism.”
"Faced with two competing hypotheses, we are likely to choose the most complex one. That’s usually the option with the most assumptions and regressions. As a result, when we need to solve a problem, we may ignore simple solutions — thinking “that will never work” — and instead favor complex ones."
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/how-i-got-my-attention-back/#.q0xsk5b5f
"TECHNOLOGY IS COMMANDING OUR ATTENTION IN INFINITE, INSURMOUNTABLE LOOPS. A COUNTRY TRIP OFF-GRID HELPED ME ESCAPE."
