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Walkthrough of generating diverse perspectives
Following our post on How to use AI to generate diverse and useful perspectives, below is a quick video walkthrough of...
How to use AI to generate diverse and useful perspectives
One of the most powerful ways to improve our thinking is to bring in different and diverse perspectives. Ideally we...
Creating custom GPTs for news and information scanning
I find it incredible that well into the 2020s the news filtering services available are really not particularly good....
The neuroscience of dopamine and social media dependence and how to overcome it
Anna Lembke is a Professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and the author of Dopamine Nation....
Applying Bayesian thinking for filtering information, deeper insight, and better decisions
Through our lives we build mental models of the world that we apply in all our interactions and decisions. There are...
Future scenarios: 3 examples to help you filter information and make sense of the world today
Scenario planning is one of the most effective of the arsenal of foresight methodologies, helping open the minds of...
5 tips to improve productivity while working from home
The number of people primarily working from home tripled during the pandemic. What started as a necessity has become a...
10 tips to help you do more deep work and be more productive
In a world where we are constantly bombarded with distractions, it has become increasingly difficult to focus on tasks...
Lex Fridman on how to do deep-diving focus sessions
Lex Fridman is incredibly productive. He is an AI researcher and lecturer at MIT, and host of the extremely successful...
The “intermittent fasting information diet” adapted from Tim Ferriss
Author, podcaster, and investor Tim Ferriss believes in the power of avoiding distractions. Asked recently what of his...
Exercising your peripheral vision to broaden your thinking
This excerpt from Chapter 4 of Thriving on Overload delves into how going into peripheral vision can broaden not only...
How global pop culture went multipolar: a concept framework
English-speaking pop culture including Hollywood and American and British music seemed to be swamping the world,...
Cathy Hackl on riding the rocket of emerging technologies by sharing, participating, and being an active voice
Cathy Hackl is a true thought leader in the exploding metaverse/ web 3 space, being named as one of the "Top 10 Most...
Stratechery founder Ben Thompson on his daily information and media habits
As author and founder of the popular blog Stratechery, Taiwan-based Ben Thompson is extraordinarily prolific. In an...
I want you to stop what you’re doing and count the number of browser tabs you have open
Did you do it? How many do you have open? I’m willing to bet it’s more than just a handful. According to a recent...
Josh Wolfe on filtering information using the Fitzgerald, Twain, Schopenhauer framework
Literary giants have provided us clues to help us in a world awash with information. When he was featured on the...
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