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High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Jhanas, breathwork, psychedelics, MDMA, etc are all tools to for inducing altered states, from which new insights can arise. None of the actual methods matter, so much as putting your brain into what I think of as “developer mode,” from which you can write new rules that govern your thoughts and behavior, then close things up and operate anew. (Some people call this [“neural annealing.”](https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/))
How to Do the Jhanas
Nadia Asparouhova
As cameras make more and more creative choices on your behalf, we think the photographer should retain the agency to cast aside algorithms and do their own thing. Just as a photographer expresses themselves in their choice of lens, exposure settings, and film stock, Halide now lets you choose the process that works for you.
Process Zero: The Anti-Intelligent Camera
Ben Sandofsky
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