Gaurav Mathur

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Gaurav’s Bookshelves

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Gaurav’s Quotes

“Excessive use of external motivation can slow and even stop your journey to mastery.”
― George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

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“Social media is biased, not to the Left or the Right, but downward”
― Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

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“What is reality except for the things that people universally experience the same way?”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

tags: earth, experience, humans, people, reality, society, universe

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“As you are reading these words, you are taking part in one of the wonders of the natural world. For you and I belong to a species with a remarkable ability: we can shape events in each other's brains with exquisite precision.”
― Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

tags: language, linguistics

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“I don’t need to do more smart things. I just need to do fewer dumb things. I need to avoid making emotional decisions and swinging at bad pitches. I need to think!”
― Keith J. Cunningham, The Road Less Stupid: Advice from the Chairman of the Board

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