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• Philosophy and Life

  • Be an imperfectionist: Squeeze individual lemons inefficiently for overall maximum efficiency.
  • Relax like you’re about to be executed.
  • Life is an infinite maze.
  • I enjoy my freedom from the desire for (e.g.: junk food) more than I ever enjoyed my freedom to eat (e.g.: junk food).
  • Are you solitude-deprived?
  • Recover lost intrinsic enjoyment with spontaneity.
  • We may have to force ourselves to do not-yet-habitual activities, even if we enjoy them greatly.
  • Start simple and assume that motivation is unstable.
  • Create more by consuming less.
  • Problems should generate their solutions, not the other way around.

• Learning

  • Much of expertise is pattern recognition. How do we learn from this?
  • Increase idea quality through idea quantity.

• Social

  • How and how not to be open-minded.
  • Parroting: How to prevent misunderstandings.
  • Polarize to find people you like.

• About me

  • I really like feedback.
  • Reflection on the orange glasses I wear every night.

• Other

  • About chrislakin.com: style, revising, drafting, and design.

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Note that these are not all of my essays. To date, there are 20-30 other essays that I published in the past, but since have taken down because I think they were of mediocre or low quality. I seek to concentrate the quality of this website.