Intelligence without hard work gets you nowhere and thus isn't particularly interesting. Hard work without intelligence is more effective, but ultimately extremely boring. Hard work *and* intelligence is where the leverage lies, but it's a fairly rare combination.
@Giulio_Firenze @OfficialTozzi «Why do people believe true things?
Ignorance and misperceptions are not puzzling. The challenge is to explain why some people see reality accurately.»
https://t.co/9aEnWtVVAS
«Le prassi impegnative vanno scomparendo. Anche la verità è impegnativa.»
"Le non cose" Byung-Chul Han
We're pretty good at solving hard problems while sleeping or while doing something else. But for that effect to kick in, you need to have spent a while banging your head at the problem first. It's only payback for prior effort.
@lozirion@LaBombetta76 Concordo. Bisogna mantenere la prospettiva perché [qualsiasi] religione - che ci è evolutivamente connaturata come arte, politica, scienza - non deragli, come fa l’idea politica quando si fa totalitarismo.
In DM brani da Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods, di E. Fuller Torrey.
@lozirion@LaBombetta76 La ritualizzazione/istituzionalizzazione è parte dell’essere animali sociali.
Il calcio ha riti, che non c’entrano con lo sport in sé: la domenica, le chiese/stadi, i paramenti, i canti, le regole.
Le feste hanno riti: Halloween, ferragosto…
Funzioniamo così. Bene o male che sia
«When given the choice between complex uncertainty and comforting – but wrong – certainty, we too often choose comfort.
In truth, we live in an unruly world often governed by chaos.»
"The ideas that animate a lot of the multi-billionaires in Silicon Valley look more to me like a kind of theology or a religious doctrine."
@gregmepstein discussed ideas explored in his new book, "Tech Agnostic" @MollyJongFast@FastPoliticsPod
Listen: https://t.co/Wq4AzM1ol6