Know-How Philosopher @KHowPhilosopher

Embracing a philosophy of what works (bounded by truth and morality). Self-taught economist. Tweeting social and individual #AphoristicWisdom. Joined October 2022

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Know-How Philosopher @KHowPhilosopher

2 years ago

The slow jogger sets the pace. The fast jogger chooses whom to jog with.

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2 years ago

Weed your Feeds Weekly or monthly, add rules to shunt your least useful emails, and remove the least useful feeds from your social media accounts.

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2 years ago

The paradox of growing up is transitioning from being led by the wise to taking charge of yourself without full wisdom - you (of necessity) become the blind leading the blind. New adults thrive when they lead with conviction and learn with humility.

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2 years ago

All maturity looks the same; Each immaturity plays its own game. A game of local maximum: "Sink to soar" is the axiom. Let go security, or short-term gain, To progress and mature, feel your own unique pain. (with help from GPT-4, apologies to Tolstoy)

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Know-How Philosopher @KHowPhilosopher

3 years ago

Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis, or The Vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy, and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary-Power 1793, James Gillray, British caricaturist and printmaker. [The need to resist mob rule and dictatorship is not new]

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3 years ago

When jogging in a group, the slow jogger sets the pace. The fast jogger chooses who to jog with.

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3 years ago

My new book: Know-How Philosophy: A Philosophy That Can Improve Itself a.co/d/gXEGTZU #Amazon via @amazon

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

The way to succeed is to double your failure rate. Thomas J. Watson Sr. (1874-1956), American businessman, founder of IBM.

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3 years ago

Add value by removing that without. (Inspired by wiki.c2.com/?WikiMasterOri…)

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3 years ago

For each task that you do, pay an improvement tax. In other words, for each task that you do, spend 90% of your time doing and 10% of your time improving. This will result in what you do the most getting the most improvement.

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3 years ago

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. ― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

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3 years ago

Student: What is "the secret" of life? Teacher: One secret is to think plural, not singular. Student: OK, what are "the secrets" of life? Teacher: One secret is to think partial, not final. Student: OK, what are "some secrets" of life? Teacher: (smiles) Student: Thank you.

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3 years ago

2023 philosophy questions (2016 article): psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory…

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3 years ago

10 pin makers working separately each make a profit p (total 10p). They form a pin factory. Working together they make a profit of 20p. How should the extra 10p of division-of-labor-synergy profit be divided? Hint: no single correct answer. Hint: Marx didn’t understand synergy.

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3 years ago

Tacking the sailboat - You can go against human nature (point the sailboat straight into the wind), give in to animal instinct (let go of the tiller), or guide human nature (tack the sailboat). Those who best guide human nature without opposing it win.

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3 years ago

Driving the bus - You can go against human nature (jump in front of the bus), give in to animal instinct (ride the bus), or guide human nature (drive the bus). Those who best guide human nature without opposing it win.