The Distraction Algorithm
In this post, we’ll look at a practical example of a meditation technique that makes explicit use of algorithms, Soryu Forall’s Distraction Algorithm.
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Optimizing Mindfulness
What exactly does optimizing mindfulness mean?
Strategy Club
For the better part of the last year, we’ve been running a “Strategy Club”, a long-running Anti-Book Club with a focus on learning and applying strategy.
Disfluency and the Methods of Strategy
For me, learning about disfluency has taken the pressure off of learning strategy “correctly.”
Monastic Strategy
If you’re interested in strategy, this post will be valuable to you. It shares the the tools that I’ve found most valuable so far.
Meditation and Algorithms
Algorithms may not be something you would normally associate with meditation, but they are an extremely powerful way to understand meditation.
The Art of Alliances
This post contains some of the best practices I’ve discovered in developing my own skill in the art of alliances.
Of Probabilistic Thinking and Databases
I don’t think of myself as a betting man, so I was surprised to learn that in fact, we’re making bets all of the time. This is Annie Duke’s main thesis in Thinking in Bets.
An Opinionated Introduction to Samo Burja
The work of Samo Burja provides the best introduction I’ve seen to the theory and practice of power. In this post, I’ll share some of Samo Burja’s biggest ideas and how you can learn more.
Evaporating Clouds on Meditation Retreat
I have done over thirty weeklong meditation retreats. I typically have a conflict come up again and again. An Evaporating Cloud diagram helped me illustrate and resolve this conflict.