self studying, reading hard papers, going through unfamiliar equations/concepts, are all skills. they’re absolutely trainable. and just like other skills, they’ll go away if you don’t use them
not getting frustrated when you dont grasp something for the Nth time is a superpower
I think you should try hard to do everything in life well, down to simple mundane tasks, even jobs you don't like very much. I consider this a duty of the soul, a kind of basic cleanliness
Iraq war protesters were smeared & hated in the moment. Same with Vietnam war protesters. Today anybody with a functioning brain realizes they were 100% correct & the conventional wisdom was dead wrong. The fact that people don't see this is exactly what's happening now is astonishing
I thought @hzomlot getting longer time on this pod with @RoryStewartUK to express his views was much better than the mainstream media interviews he did, where often he gets asked the same questions over and over again. Would love to see more of this @Omar_ghxd what do you think!