In The Atlantic Arthur Brooks suggests three ways to become a deeper thinker. He also ‘solves’ a famous koan.
Meanwhile, my suggestion for deeper thought is simple: make notes.
I still can’t solve koans though.
#PKM #zettelkasten
TIL there’s a tracker for bogong moths! What? Yes, the iconic, endangered species that keeps the critically endangered Mountain Pygmy-possums fed. Thanks for asking. #australianwildlife
The future: They touted a slow race between 1984 and Brave New World. Instead it’s a sprint to the finish for The Handmaid’s Tale and Parable of the Sower. My money’s on Octavia. Came for the hope, stayed for the resistance.
Want to read: On Mysticism by Simon Critchley 📚 Having written about Julian of Norwich as a sci-fi author, I’m very interested in philosopher Simon Critchley’s angle. #philosophy #religion
🗨️ Keanu Heydari on the value of the #Zettelkasten.
“Maintaining a zettelkasten is, in itself, an exercise in Stoic care of the self (epimeleia heautou). This practice is not merely about external organization but about cultivating inner freedom through discipline, mindfulness, and deliberate engagement with knowledge.”
📷 Just returned from hiking in New Zealand, where the sky was blue and the politics torrid. I learned of the Dawn Raids. We can all learn from this shameful history of bungled deportation.
Do I prefer Mastodon or Bluesky? No need to choose, just cross-post from my blog using micro.blog. POSSE FTW.
”You can automatically cross-post your microblog posts to Medium, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Flickr, Bluesky, Nostr, Pixelfed, and Threads.”
Lots of interest in Bluesky lately. I signed up a year ago. Although I hate venture-funded projects, I loved what Paul Frazee did with beaker Browser and want to check out the next iteration. Micro.blog does automatic posting to Bluesky, so it’s POSSE all the way.
Not just notes: another meaning of 'Zettel'
In German, Zettelkasten, quite simply, means ’note box’. But there’s another, more hidden meaning of the word Zettel (note) that even German-speakers may know nothing of.
All the same, it’s useful for thinking with.
This year, for Halloween, I’m wearing normal clothes. Somebody asked me, “What are you supposed to be?” I said, “I’m a former gifted child. I was supposed to be a lot of things.”
The horror!