my daily note is not a fountain of gratitude, affirmations, or reflections. It's just a tool and practice that primes my brain to notice and intelligently use available time.
the guiding principle has been, and will continue to be, to seek knowledge and beauty in books that have been tested by time. Exceptions are granted in areas of technical knowledge (e.g., physics, computer science)
iPhone 14 Pro. I don't need anything else to document our local expeditions. The GoPro hasn't seen light for over 20 months, and will only see it when we go back in the water 🏄🏻♂️.
Two very different cultures, with two observations: the obvious one is the stark contrast in the quantity and allocation of resources to produce the same thing. A thing that, by the way, does not have serious consequences if it fails to be perfect.
one distinction between what Taleb writes in Fooled by Randomness and what Wittgenstein gets at in Tractatus is that the former deals with the practicalities (and sarcasm) of daily life, whereas Tractatus is onto the ontological, epistemological, and linguistic.
it's been many months, maybe even over a year since the last time I ran grasslands. Late November, 8am, perfect weather for running.
this sketch workflow is imperfect by design. It has to be practical, not perfect.
my wife wanted to see the sunrise today Sunday. We live in California with plenty of ocean sunsets, but sunrises are a different story.
my son is 26 months old, my daughter is 10 months. No imminent home buying for us.
look at the map of the area, urban map, topographical map. The house’s real backyard is comprised of several elements in a 10-mile radius. These have to be accessible: little to no traffic, available parking spaces, no crowds.
when they debate some topic, they do not attempt to follow the reasoning of that which they are debating, but simply try to have the audience concur with what they are presenting.
raising a child is perhaps the most complex journey of all, but success is likely governed by few principles. And this is one of them.
