Dan Russell

Author of the Born Genius Newsletter
I write about how science can help you uncover your genius

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Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago:

“If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.”

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Nature is the most gifted artist. She has more complexity in one leaf than any person could paint, sketch, or sculpt in an entire lifetime.

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@RonanFarrow @NewYorker @andrewmarantz Great thread, thank you!

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just reminding the world this exists: https://t.co/H9inMz37lF

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@waitbutwhy this was literally the weapon in a James Bond movie

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I write regularly on topics that help us tap into our true genius and live better lives: https://t.co/XRqXfFzyDo

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Every decision we make is biased in some way.
Here's how to find out just how much... and remove the bias along the way
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#6 - Sleep on it. Your certainty should survive a night. If it doesn't—if you wake up and suddenly see the gaps in your reasoning—that's information.

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And collective objectivity never claims to contain all of the truth: https://t.co/XRqXfFzyDo

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Objectivity is still limited to one person's perspective, no matter how much evidence exists.

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Uncertainty has a specific feeling.
You feel it in your chest any time someone doubts you.
It's the tightness that quietly says: "I know."
Even if you're wrong.

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You see the road the other car is on. You're certain your lane is clear.

What you can't see is that you're driving without headlights—because you’re so focused on the other car.

That's Bias Blind Spot—we're all susceptible to it.

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Reality follows laws.
Humans have limits.
Power demands ethics.
Insight requires embodiment.
Judgment blocks growth.
Responsibility creates freedom.
Initiation must be chosen.
Wholeness is the goal.