PSTM Notes

PSTM: Meaning, Certainty, and Questions

The Idea: 99% of things don’t matter. There are three questions that really help cut through all the BS:What is it? How do you know? What does it mean? Someone comes...

PSTM: Meaning, Certainty, and Questions

The Idea: 99% of things don’t matter. There are three questions that really help cut through all the BS:What is it? How do you know? What does it mean? Someone comes...

PSTM: Plans are Worthless

Planning, productivity, it’s all guaranteed to fail. Look at Hofstadter's Law: things will always take longer than you assume…even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. Every time you start...

PSTM: Plans are Worthless

Planning, productivity, it’s all guaranteed to fail. Look at Hofstadter's Law: things will always take longer than you assume…even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. Every time you start...

PSTM: Automate Away the Pain

The Idea: Be ok with not being ok. Don’t just accept the norm, dig deeper. I have been digging into different things that annoy me and getting nerdy. And I...

PSTM: Automate Away the Pain

The Idea: Be ok with not being ok. Don’t just accept the norm, dig deeper. I have been digging into different things that annoy me and getting nerdy. And I...

PSTM: Trash, Dostoevsky, and a Brighter Outlook

The Idea: Assume it’s on you. Let me explain. You’re going through your day. You have things to do. You are busy, and you feel pressure, and then you notice...

PSTM: Trash, Dostoevsky, and a Brighter Outlook

The Idea: Assume it’s on you. Let me explain. You’re going through your day. You have things to do. You are busy, and you feel pressure, and then you notice...

PSTM: Stress, Danger, and Hope

The Idea: Things are changing. Everyone can feel it. Everyone is stressed. Pretty much every business is raising prices, citing the difficulties in the economy, the rising prices. There’s fear...

PSTM: Stress, Danger, and Hope

The Idea: Things are changing. Everyone can feel it. Everyone is stressed. Pretty much every business is raising prices, citing the difficulties in the economy, the rising prices. There’s fear...

PSTM: Human Frailty, LIfe, and the Major System

The Idea: Our brains suck. You know it. You and I forget it all the time, because sometimes our brains seem like marvelous creations. You remember the smell of your 2nd...

PSTM: Human Frailty, LIfe, and the Major System

The Idea: Our brains suck. You know it. You and I forget it all the time, because sometimes our brains seem like marvelous creations. You remember the smell of your 2nd...