Tag: Idea

PTPL 40: One Small Idea Has Profoundly Changed the Way I Use Obsidian

Co-working sessions are great for productivity. At the time of writing I’ve been to three, and can’t speak more highly of them. Our sessions are two hours long, in four 25-minute pomodoros. The accountability factor is enormously motivating, and the reason why I’m focussing bett...

Was resigning Jaylen Brown really a smart idea for Boston?

Tuesday, July 25 proved to be an eventful day for Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, perhaps even the most eventful day of his career. All uncertainty surrounding Brown’s future with Boston was effectively ended on the date, with JB and the Celtics agreeing to a lucrative 5 year, 304 million dollar ...

Bitcoin is Dead: Why Investing Less Than $1,000 is a Bad Idea

Hello there! Let me assume you have some money saved up and you are looking for the best way to invest it. You have probably heard about Bitcoin and how it has made many people wealthy. I am sure you have an idea to invest $1,000 in Bitcoin and watch it grow exponentially into $100,000 like a mag...

A Surprising Example Of Why Home Ownership Is A Bad Idea In 2023 America

Surprising might have been the wrong adjective. Because the data we’ll discuss in today’s article didn’t surprise me. It shocked me. I just didn’t want to be too sensational. But, really, you can’t overstate the gravity of a situation spinning out of cont...

Most People Get This Dangerous Idea From Buddhism Totally Wrong

You can go on repeating to yourself that your desires are the problem. Heck, you could probably even build yourself a cabin, create an organic farm, and live a whole lifetime without a single craving. But that certainly can’t make you fully awake. It won’t even pull out the root of...

Rejecting the Ridiculous Idea that the Bible Ever Allowed Slavery

God gave Israel an entire law code. Every law is connected to every other law. None of these passages are given in isolation. Therefore, to properly evaluate passages Leviticus 25, we have to look at the regulations God gave previously (as a foundation) and subsequently (as a clarification). A...

Kicking Trump Off the Ballot Is A Terrible Idea

If you missed the news, the Colorado Supreme Court removed Donald Trump from the GOP presidential primary ballot on the grounds that, “[a] majority of the court holds that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.” (That&r...

Biotech Idea of the Day: aTyr Pharma

Good investment opportunities are often stocks that have a surface-level bear case that make people pass them over for deep diligence. Even when this bear case is proven wrong the stock takes a while to react positively because no one is watching. Market dynamics can also create price inefficiencies...

The Development of Descartes’ Idea of Representation by Correspondence

focus here on vision, although the theory is supposed to apply to other sensory modalities as well). These characterisations of Descartes’ view are all found in the scholarly literature and most are common in it, yet like so much else in this literature, some have been challenged. I provided i...

Expansion of Idea — As you sow, so shall you reap

If a farmer desires to reap a harvest of wheat, he sows wheat; if he wants rice, he sows rice. What should we think of him if he planted wheat & expected to harvest rice; or the other way round? We would certainly consider him a mentally unsound person. The law of nature tells us that we must so...

Expansion of Idea/Theme — God made the country and man made the town

Life in the city; its problems, all man-made — life in the countryside; its advantages; harmony with nature. People in the city only know of the hustle and bustle and the hurry and flurry of modern, mechanical urban life. They are always surrounded by crowds and noise and pollution. It is m...