Takeaway - Deep Learning

Two Core Abilities
1. The ability to quickly master hard things(again and again).
2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.

Work_done = Time_spent_in_work * Intensity_of_work

Metric Black Hole: Piketty: "it is objectively difficult to measure individual contributions to a firm’s output." Thus distractions and benefits of certain behaviors are hard to measure.

The Principle of Least Resistance: We will tend toward behaviors that are easiest in the moment, without enough feedback.

Busyness & Productivity: You can be busy, yet not productive. In fact, busyness is often used as a proxy for productivity.

We always have this irrational idolization that what is new must be the best, and that it's an improvement of the past. As a contraposition, anyone who thinks that the new is not the best are looked down as people who are out of touch, obsolete, someone who will fade into irrelevance.

If you focus on good things, you will feel good. If you focus on bad things, you will feel bad. This happens irregardless of your physical circumstances.

People feel happiest when they are in a flow state. More about flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

Separate time into online(shallow) & off-line(deep) blocks. Don't go online in off-line blocks, and learn to control temptations by resisting the urge to go online.

People evaluate technology based on the benefits it brings, not weighing its pros and cons and the opportunity cost.

Practice concentration by try to retain your attention to think about one topic in the face of distractions. Avoid looping(avoiding the hard parts and only going through the shallow details).

Attention is most important when remembering something. Mind Palace is a very useful way to visualize memories and memorize stuff that's better than rote memorization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci

Physical rituals are more important they look. Grand gestures(buying cabins, renting expensive hotel rooms) signify to you that you're doing something important.

Most people use Social media only because they want to fulfill their shallow desires for entertainment. This desire can be replaces with other things.

Make a daily schedule everyday in the morning to plot your time. Make spaces in schedule for unforeseen disturbances just in case.