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“Man has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children, but no child has an instinctive tendency to bake, brew, or write.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
“...dopamine is not about the happiness of reward. It's about the happiness of pursuit of reward that has a decent chance of occurring.”
― Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
― Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“To be loved means to be consumed. To love means to radiate with inexhaustible light. To be loved is to pass away, to love is to endure.”
― The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
― The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
“And indeed,people are almost always confronting what computerscience regards as the hard cases. Up against such hardcases, effective algorithms make assumptions, show a biastoward simpler solutions, trade off the costs of error againstthe costs of delay, and take chances.These aren’t the concessions we make when we can’t berational. They’re what being rational means.”
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Sheldon’s 2025 Year in Books
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