Here is your dose of “The Weekly Picks”, a curated list of what I’m enjoying.
A 20 second summary of what you can find more about down bellow:
- A Youtube Video: Architect Breaks Down 5 of the Most Common Skyscraper Styles In New York
- A blog post: The Dangers of Going All-In
- An article: How to read a novel as a theory of behavior
Hedonic Treadmill
“As a result of the adaptation process, people find themselves on a satisfaction treadmill. They are unhappy when they detect an unfulfilled desire within them. They work hard to fulfill this desire, in the belief that on fulfilling it, they will gain satisfaction. The problem, though, is that once they fulfill a desire for something, they adapt to its presence in their life and as a result stop desiring it—or at any rate, don’t find it as desirable as they once did. They end up just as dissatisfied as they were before fulfilling the desire.” — From A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine
Architect Breaks Down 5 of the Most Common Skyscraper Styles In New York
The Dangers of Going All-In by The Growth Equation
“Going all-in and becoming obsessive is what hustle culture tells you to do if you want to succeed. But more often than not, it makes you fragile. Those who score higher on obsessive passion are more likely to commit fraud in the workplace and cheat on the athletic fields. The deeper intertwined your performance is to your sense of self, the more fragile you are. You become desperate to lead your company to some great measure because it’s a reflection of who you are.”
How to read a novel as a theory of behavior by Cody Kommers
“The measure of a model is not its ability to simulate the world as it really is. Instead, it is how well it articulates a way of how things might possibly be. (…)
This changes the frame for evaluating a novel as a model of human behavior. The relevant question, then, becomes not “Did the author construct the most accurate picture of reality?” but “Does the author give the reader a potentially-useful tool for thinking about reality?””
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