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Epistemic status: notes about a specific scientific theory.  relevant to therapy, interpersonal relationships and healthy development.  Also includes some personal ideas around the theory. Container and contained is a psychological theory by Wilfred Bion building on the work by Jung. … Continue reading →

Epistemic status:  A bunch of meditation and meditation theory.  A previously undocumented theory of this corner of consciousness. The book The Science of Pranayama offers that the thought stream is tethered to the breath via the prana, “Just as the … Continue reading →

Bearlamp: Previous, First Greaterwrong: Previous, First Lesswrong: Previous, First Mental health can often feel like the inability to get clarity around if it’s, “just me” or if it’s “the world” that’s crazy.  There’s an open question in any interpersonal problem “is it me or is it … Continue reading →

Related to: Hedging Code switching is this useful linguistics concept that is not overtly known enough. The type that I care about is a cross between “group identity” and “lexical need“: Group identity: People may alter their language to express group identification. This … Continue reading →

I had a very deep and intense conversation with a friend.  We talked about “that feeling of being alone” and that relationships will come and go and really, “I am all that I can guarantee that I have” at the … Continue reading →

Bearlamp: Previous, First Greaterwrong: Previous, First Lesswrong: Previous, First Life is propagated by two main clusters of emotions. (*Yes I know it’s more like a spectrum but this is the poor simplification I am using for now) The “good” feelings that we move towards, and the … Continue reading →

First: The problem of other minds Previous: Experimental Apparatus “Let me practice my free throw from different distances so that I can throw well wherever I am in the game”.  Anders Ericsson (10,000 hours guy) in Peak, talks about deliberate practice.  He … Continue reading →

Previous: The problem of other minds Science really likes to isolate variables.  From first grade, dropping a ball to measure gravity experiment.  We talk about the wind resistance on the ball, and how it might affect a measurement.  So we repeat … Continue reading →

This is part 3 of my book summaries, the introduction paragraph is repeated.  If you are interested in relationships and learning here is part 1, and Psychology and Management in part 2. This year I read 79 or so books.  Also … Continue reading →