Nice, thanks for sharing that. I heard it in Sapolsky's new book "Determined" [1] and did a little extra research since it seemed fascinating and I never knew about this.
The video is great, thanks for sharing it, but uhm can't help but mention that shall you ever in the future wish for your username on HN to not be tied to your real identity, you might want to delete the comment after it stops being useful. Thanks for adding to the post!
I did not take that as implying its somehow any better. I took it as a cultural separation that allows for an excuse to forgo morality in inflicting harsh threatments. (easier to bash someone's head in when they aren't your nextdoor neighbour).
Stop assuming the worst of others as the default. Unless of course you're doing it in bad faith.
This is almost a full day after your post and I don't really have anything to add, but I wanted to thank you for writing this post. It was honest and heartfelt.
I think the worst part of modernity is the over-promise of happiness and a good life through the constant bombardment of marketing. We grow up believing that we're supposed to be always happy and when we're not, we're told that the problem is us.
I have a young daughter and I will always try to keep her grounded about the harships of life and make her see beauty in the struggle for improvement and selflesness. Life is hard, but hard things are worth tackling. There's beauty in the struggle if you seek it. I think it's easier if you know when to zoom in on the day-to-day and when to pan out on the past decade and hope for the next one. Switch between them regularly.
I have a 3 year old dishwasher and I've never had the issues described in the article. We use Somat Gold Gel, which from a quick Amazon search doesn't seem to be available in the US so there might be something there.
I'm usually a lurker and rarely comment but yours was such a nice little informal comment that I had to say something. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face :)
I disagree with you. People have very different styles when it comes to absorbing information. I fully understand why that kid would choose to listen to music instead of random coffee-shop noises. Music it's repetitive and easy to ignore whereas environmental noises might be more distracting. I often find myself able to concentrate easier with music than with random sounds or even silence in some cases. Silence makes my mind wander and stray away from what I'm trying to pay attention to.
I've also read Adler's "How to Read a Book" and I don't think it's as useful as you make it out to be. Annotating is good but nowadays you can take notes easily on your phone which I found myself doing for each book I read/listen to. Also one of the advice you find in your example is how truly reading a book means reading it more than once. He mentions that the first read should be superficial and fast in order to prepare you for the second, more thorough read.
[1] - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592344/determined-b...