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Re-typing and transcribing doesn’t matter. Duplication of data doesn’t matter. Busywork doesn’t matter. Those are all temporary, transient, minor inconveniences, and they only become necessary once you’ve already had the satisfaction of making real progress. Conversely, friction does matter. Stress does matter. Annoyance while working does matter. Constant papercuts of suboptimality do matter, because they will lengthen every creative session and they’ll deplete the resources you need in order to think well.
Use the Right Tools — Matt Gemmell
Matt Gemmell
In US tax law, you can’t (1) sell stock that went down, (2) claim a taxable loss and (3) immediately go buy that stock again. That’s cheating; that’s the same thing as just holding the stock, and you can’t claim a tax loss for just holding the stock. If you do this trade — sell a stock, claim a loss, buy it right back — that’s called a “wash sale” and not allowed.
Adani Has an Index Problem
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In conversation things can be metabolized and digested through somebody else—I say something to you and you can give it back to me in different forms—whereas you’ll notice that your own mind is very often extremely repetitive. It is very difficult to surprise oneself in one’s own mind. The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd. We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.
Paris Review - The Art of Nonfiction No. 7, Adam Phillips
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