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According to Alfred Korzybski, any “idea” or mental state is a brain circuit which the brain itself can contemplate, thereby having an idea about the idea, or a mental state about the mental state, etc. There is no theoretical or real limit to the higher-ordering process; it is the “Infinity Within” of which mystics speak.
Prometheus Rising
Robert Anton Wilson
If they are both appropriate and in your best interests, you are a Sociopath. If your reactions are inappropriate (whether or not they are in your best interests – sometimes they are), you are Clueless.
The Gervais Principle
Venkatesh Rao
If you want to be a winner, you need to see yourself both ways and learn how to switch from one self-view to the other. As we'll see in this chapter, your ideal training mentality is to see yourself in two ways:
1. Someone who has a lot of work to do
2. Someone who's unstoppable
Extreme Balance
Joe De Sena, Ben Askren, and David Sacks
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