I'm not sure if someone has already posted this here, but Cal Newport had a nice presentation summarizing what we know about the effects of social media usage on children.
The net number (669 million) looks wrong. India's population is around 1.4 billion, so this would mean a data leak of nearly 1 in 2 Indians. If we further remove children below 14 (30% of India) who are unlikely to have data of their own and others who are completely off any of the data leak sources, the number given here would mean everyone in India has had their data leaked!
The data distribution given in the article seems to add to approximately 7 crores (70 million). I think there is a misplaced decimal somewhere. In all probability it is 6.69 crores (66.9 million). Still very significant, though.
1. Have 3 options as well as 3 levels for each habit/task/project
2. The lowest (Mini) level should be something you can do on practically any day, no matter how bad things are.
3. Do the level you are comfortable with on any given day
Example (For a health habit)
Mini level: 1 pushup OR 10 steps walking OR One glass of water
Second level (forgot what he called it) : 5 pushups OR 500 steps walking OR 3 glasses of water
Pro level : 20 pushups OR 2000 steps OR 8 glasses of water.
Set the numbers that seem like no-brainers to you. This tends to work extremely well in my experience and accounts for varying environmental, psychological and physiological conditions.
The book has a points system etc which I did not find useful but is otherwise a very good complement to "Atomic Habits"
That's a great model and one that I found particularly useful in weight lifting. Rather than stick to a strict linear program I would instead work up to whatever felt good for the day, then work at that level. Probably not the best strategy for young people or actual atheletes, but for an old guy who can barely prioritize excersize, choosing to adjust the effort relative to where I physically am on a given day is huge for keeping up consistancy.
As the body ages, time spent active trumps the volume of work on many levels. Chasing bigger volumes, bigger weights, more time under tension etc is a great way to stroke your ego, but also a great way to get an injury. Keeping yourself healthy and able to stay active will do you well, regardless of age. Props to you for finding this out the right way (that is, without getting an injury).
That's a great system, thanks a lot. I inadvertently have a few "Mini" things that are ingrained as habits by now: Learning flash cards about math and electronics every morning. It's spaced repetition, so by now it's usually on around 3-5, which is quickly done. And, if I think about it, brushing teeth is a long standing one. Going to bed without brushing my teeth just feels all kinds of wrong.
A similar concept that works for me is to trick myself into thinking I'm only going to do a little. Once in motion, I capitalize on the sunk cost fallacy :P
Let's say if I don't want to take a walk, I'll say to myself, "let me just walk until the corner and come back". Once I get to the corner, I'll say "since I'm already here, let me keep walking until the next corner before returning home" and so on.
The meta-principle is that in complex domains there is no straight line, well worn, "plannable" path to greatness.
Kenneth Stanley calls it "The Myth of the objective" and has spent the last several years trying to formalize this idea (within AI as well) and get it more traction.
Reminds me of Suchman's "Plans and Situated Actions" --- an anthropological study of plans and planning, which also has a lot of implications for AI. Resonances to that famous Eisenhower quote "Plans are nothing, planning is everything"
Thank you! This was a very interesting watch. I've also started reading the book.
For some reason, this reminds me of the debate between Peter Thiel and David Graeber on the topic "Where did the future go?" where Graeber points out the lost potential of people as one major reason.
In all probability, Youtube's algorithm will already suggest this to anyone who watches the talk, but there is a (very) long, ML Street Talk interview on this idea here https://youtu.be/lhYGXYeMq_E
Stanley addresses some strong and subtle criticisms here but I actually preferred the book the most. The book is a bit repetitive but has some very good ideas in the appendix.
Just finished the talk. Plan on reading the book. This is one of the most interesting concepts I've come across in recent memory. Really appreciate you sharing.
