The Amazing Things & Ideas - 063 Being mad: a sign of genius?
Isn’t it ironic that the last name of the “Mad Scientist” is literally synonymous to the word Genius? Why are geniuses on the crazier end of the spectrum as measured by people who adhere to norms?
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The above video by Patrick Bet-David is one of the very first counter-culture videos I watched a couple years ago. It was mind-blowing at the time and pretty much lit the spark for all that came next. All the things I never knew I desperately wanted someone to teach me at that time is in that video.
Not a single person on the face of this Earth knows how to make a pencil. Sounds like a bold claim, doesn’t it? But its true. No one individual can make a pencil without the collective knowledge of all of humanity. This infamous essay by Leonard Read makes you see the world never the quite same again. You can read the essay or get a free eBook/PDF of it here.
A film review by meThis week I wrote another article for the amazing Taking Children Seriously website. This time reviewing one of my all time favorite films, Dead Poets Society. You can read my review here. That’s it for this week! Thank you for reading. Just know that by subscribing to my newsletter and telling more people about it, you help me out. And if you want to be friends, you can reply to this email or DM me on Twitter. Onward, If you liked this post from The Amazing Things & Ideas Newsletter, why not share it? |
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062 Being certain of uncertainty
Sunday, September 18, 2022
"Maybe."
061 Why we suffer
Sunday, September 11, 2022
When everything seems cruel, unfair, fake, painful, and gloomy all around—making it seem as though there were nothing else to life...
060 Bad advice
Sunday, September 4, 2022
If there's any piece of advice I'd give, it would be to lookout for bad advice, question authority and be critical (especially to those ideas which seem to come with a moral obligation not to
059 Beyond assumed constraints
Sunday, August 28, 2022
“Self limiting beliefs tend to become self-fulfilling prophecies.”
058 "There is no planet b" is a LIE
Monday, August 22, 2022
Turns out that you don't have to think outside the box. You just need to realize how big the box actually is.
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