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   millennial falcon (falcennial@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:14:46 JST millennial falcon

   "it takes huge introspection to learn the 30+ hours spent on the news last month neither had any predictive ability during your activities, nor did it impact your current knowledge of the world. this is similar to our weaknesses in our ability to correct for past errors. like a gym membership taken to satisfy a new years resolution, people often think it will be the next batch of news that will really make a difference to their understanding of things"
   Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness

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     millennial falcon (falcennial@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:14:46 JST millennial falcon

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     the brutal mf means me specifically, I just know it.

     I need to lay off the useless attention products and read more actual, factual books.

     Rocketman repeated this.
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     millennial falcon (falcennial@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:14:46 JST millennial falcon

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     the problem with books is they require an investment of time, effort, and sustained attention.

     the problem with the news is that it doesn't.