when i come across good quotes, i write them down. the below are those i collected between october 2022 and november 2023. It is much, much easier to pick out a way in which a system is sub-optimal, than it is to implement or run that system at anything like| Brass Tacks
A model for the benefits of a time and mental energy buffer| benjamincongdon.me
On the importance of Slack - the freedom and spare capacity left on your life. How to guard and protect your Slack, notice the bottlenecks which bleed away your Slack, notice the drive to optimise that pushes you beyond your limits, and how to channel these insights having the freedom to be excited,| Neel Nanda
the trough of zero dopamine • managing the wrong amount • procrastinating on hard questions • indefinitely deferring maintenance • angsting instead of asking| benkuhn.net
