Bookmarks tagged “psychology”
137 bookmarks tagged “psychology”
You Might Want to Try Being Less Creative
Trying to be original everywhere keeps you from getting anywhere
Separating logic and language
Language isn’t necessary for logical reasoning, cognitive neuroscientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute find. Evelina Fedorenko and Hope Kean discovered people can perform well on tasks that require logical reasoning even if their language abilities are severely impaired.
nullpt.rs • Reverse Engineering My ADHD Test
I decided to get evaluated for ADHD. Curiousity struck, and I had the bright idea to capture the page source and any outbound requests.
Interviews aren’t about you (sorry) - Stack Overflow
The Cost of Safetyism
What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard.
Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds
“We wanted to see if a simple walk might lead to more free-flowing thoughts and more creativity.”
Maybe making is about mattering
Wanting to matter might be the most honest reason to create anything.
Willingness to look stupid is a genuine moat in creative work
Looking foolish is underrated.
The Trust Collapse: Why Manager Credibility Dropped from 46% to 29% in Two Years
Trust in managers plummeted 17 points in two years. Discover why leadership credibility collapsed & how to rebuild authentic authority.
How to Master the Art of the Perspective Shift (Advice From Yoda)
Want to know how you can design a perspective shift for yourself right when you need it? These wise tips from Master Yoda will teach you.
Giving Up Is Also Giving | nik.art
Sometimes, it’s harder to not do something than to keep going. We don’t want to lose that piece of our identity. But what might we gain if we let go? Time? Money? Inner peace? Giving up isn’t always an act of generosity, but it is always an act of giving. It takes energy to say [
Life Happens at 1x Speed
Why I stopped consuming content at 2x speed, and the simple rule that changed how I listen to everything.
Developers, Your Job Is Not To Write Code
The advice I've consistently given to developers who want to grow might seem counter-intuitive, but it's always held true for me—the first step to being a great developer is recognizing that your job is not to write code.
How To Care About Your Job When It Doesn't Care About You
We all want to do awesome things and make an impact at work. However, what we call “work” is a relationship between employer and employee that's inherently and persistently designed to benefit the former over the latter. How do we meaningfully contribute, earn a living, and maybe
A Unified Theory Of Ego, Empathy, And Humility At Work
In our daily lives empathy and humility are obvious virtues we aspire to. They keep our egos in check. Less obvious is that they're practical skills in the workplace, too. I think, for developers and technical leaders in particular, that the absence of ego is the best way to furt
Most Technical Problems Are Really People Problems
Someone pointed out that Jeff Atwood wrote this same thing in 2008. Jeff references Bruce Eckel from 2007 , and Bruce references Gerald...
Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically proven ...
Emergent introspective awareness in large language models \\ Anthropic
Research from Anthropic on the ability of large language models to introspect
LLMs Can Get Brain Rot
Exploring the phenomenon of 'brain rot' in large language models and its implications for AI cognition.
Tech CEOs don't seem to realise just how anti-human their AI fanaticism is, and I think it's all because of the Enlightenment
I know that sounds bonkers, but just hear me out.
Do AI coding tools help with imposter syndrome or make it worse? - Stack Overflow
Spoiler: Yes.
ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI’ is a huge risk
Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland