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A perambulator's theory of sports

Perambulations • 0 implied HN points • 02 Mar 23
🎾 Sports Exploration Exploitation Values Fairness Competition
  1. Geeks can engage with sports through predictive models and board games that share underlying rules with sports.
  2. Exploration and exploitation in games and sports represent competing perspectives, balancing information gathering and maximizing rewards.
  3. Sports culture can promote social values and fairness, and innovating sports to be more exploratory can attract new fans and diversify competition.
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Navigating Life's Path: A Guide to Meaningful Living

Wayne's Earth • 0 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Values Relationships Resilience Joy Gratitude
  1. Define Your Values: Understanding your core values is fundamental for a meaningful life. They are like your personal North Star guiding your decisions.
  2. Pursue Joy and Fulfillment: Engage in activities that bring you joy and fulfillment. Choose pursuits that align with your passion, whether in career, hobbies, or volunteering.
  3. Build Strong Relationships: Just as rivers and lakes form vital networks, relationships with family, friends, and community are essential. Nurture these connections regularly as your support system.

The Stoic Teachings of Ecclesiastes

Wayne's Earth • 0 implied HN points • 11 Dec 22
📖 Philosophy Stoicism Meaning of life Values Ancient Wisdom
  1. Ecclesiastes and Stoicism share values of moderation and simplicity, emphasizing fulfillment from nature, self-improvement, and personal responsibility.
  2. Both Ecclesiastes and Stoicism teach us to prioritize what truly matters like family, friends, meaningful work, and to focus on what is within our control.
  3. Embracing life's impermanence is a key lesson from Ecclesiastes and Stoicism, encouraging us to live fearlessly in the present without clinging to the past or worrying about the future.

Shaming with and without naming

world spirit sock stack • 0 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Ethics Morality Values Social norms Human behavior
  1. Shaming can lead to positive utilitarian outcomes in two ways: by instilling fear to avoid wrongdoing and by internalizing values to reduce such behaviors.
  2. Naming the person being shamed can lead to more fear-based avoidance, while not naming them might result in more internalization of values.
  3. Choosing whether to name the person in shaming efforts can impact the outcomes by influencing how individuals align with social norms and values.

Midlife Crisis? Start a Social Sex Revolution.

The Intersection • 0 implied HN points • 21 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Sexuality Career Fear Values
  1. Preparing for a midlife crisis involves saving money to have the financial freedom to pursue new opportunities.
  2. Discovering your calling early in your career can help develop the conviction needed for a successful second act.
  3. Designing your own system, guided by your core values, can help overcome fear and lead to happiness in pursuing new ventures.

Culture Consciousness: The Antidote for Western Decadence

Based Meditations • 0 implied HN points • 31 Oct 23
🎭️ Culture Values Society Traditions Innovation
  1. Culture is shaped by the values, actions, and interactions of people, emphasizing the importance of individual responsibility in cultural preservation and evolution.
  2. Cultural unity fosters trust, cooperation, and collective problem-solving, acting as a social operating system that enables large groups to thrive.
  3. The future of culture is influenced by environmental changes, immigration, and mimetic behaviors, highlighting the impact of conscious choices on both personal and societal values.

Follow your gut ?

Eddie's startup voyage • 0 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Decision-making Intuition Reason Values Metaphors
  1. Consider balancing rational thinking with gut instinct in decision-making, especially in situations with limited data or inconclusive information.
  2. Use mental models like Jeff Bezos' 1-way vs 2-way door decisions to navigate choices. For irreversible decisions, follow your gut if it strongly signals a direction; for reversible decisions, consider both rational and instinctive inputs.
  3. Understand the interplay between Daniel Kahneman's System 1 and System 2 thinking in decision-making, and learn to appropriately calibrate analytical and intuitive processes to make better choices.

Authenticity Abandoned

Variations on a Theme • 0 implied HN points • 27 Aug 23
📖 Philosophy Authenticity Conscience Values Beliefs
  1. Finding authenticity in daily life can be a struggle, with challenges in aligning core values with actions.
  2. Unhappy individuals may exhibit disagreeable behavior stemming from a lack of alignment between their actions and conscience.
  3. Deep introspection and effort are necessary to break free from societal norms and find an authentic path in life.

Giữ cho danh tính của mình nhỏ thôi

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 29 Apr 19
📖 Philosophy Identity Worldview Individuality Values Perception
  1. Having multiple identities can influence our thoughts and actions, and too many identities can lead to biases and hinder acceptance of new ideas.
  2. In cybersecurity, Vietnam faces challenges with job opportunities, lack of software-savvy professionals, and limited technological products.
  3. To develop as an individual, it's important to break free from local perspectives, measure oneself against global standards, and tackle problems that hold personal interest and leverage individual advantages.

Plant Trees Before You Need the Shade

realkinetic • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jan 18
💼 Business Startup Leadership Processes Values Success
  1. Companies go through different phases like seed, startup, growth, and maturity where culture and capabilities play vital roles.
  2. Culture is the invisible force that guides your organization while capabilities stem from resources, processes, and values.
  3. Success in organizations transitions from being resource-driven to process and value-driven over time, and adapting processes to new challenges is key for sustained growth.

Black Americans Seem to Be Losing Faith in Organized Religion... and the Democratic Party

Symbolic Capital(ism) • 0 implied HN points • 16 Apr 21
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Religion Politics Community Beliefs Values
  1. Black Americans, especially young individuals, are becoming less involved in organized religion, with decreasing church membership over the years.
  2. African Americans, while traditionally aligned with the Democratic Party, are showing signs of disillusionment with the party, reflecting a shift in their political affiliation.
  3. Black people's departure from organized religion could lead to a more politically diverse demographic, as both major parties might need to actively engage to gain their support.