Tuesday Letter #39 - Knowledge vs. Wisdom
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Personal Updates
- Broke my addiction habit yesterday... It was going so well, one slip up and all progress is gone š¢
- Trying to start a new habit where I reach out to one random person from internet every day. Ok, not too random, anyone with a cool blog or a personal site. How do you guys track your habits?
- Have been experimenting with self-hosted version of Windmill. It's pretty cool. If you would like access, let me know. Tried to setup a sandboxed AI code running environment, but didn't quite work unfortunately. Still was quite fun to try.
Quote of the week
"Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom."
ā Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy
I wonder what is the best way to get more of the latter...
Cool person I encountered this week
Joel Chrono
I discovered Joel through his top 25 games post, which caught my attention as a fellow gaming enthusiast.
Books I read this week
- The Story of Civilization, Vol. 1: Our Oriental Heritage (India, China & More): 16081 words
- The Story of Philosophy: 8875 words
- Alexander Pushkin Anthology: 5355 words
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: 4635 words
- Demand-Side Sales 101: Stop Selling and Help Your Customers Make Progress: 4453 words
- The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science: 3831 words
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Exposed and Explained by the World's Two: 1292 words
- How to Live: 617 words
- The Narrow Road: 390 words
Favorite Articles I read this week
- This Is Still Your First Time by David Cain - Awesome though piece on life perspective. Short read, definitely recommend.
- Why Iām Bearish on U.S. Stocks (for the Second Time Since 2017) by Nick Maggiulli - I always read Nick's posts, some of my favorites!
Other cool links
- Big O: A visual introduction to big O notation.
- Interactive Map of the Paul's Missionary Journeys Across the Roman Roads: Use the interactive map to explore all four of Paul's journeys across the Roman World. Explore every stop he visited, the corresponding bible passages, and the stories that came about.
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