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33. The Fisher Protocol:
Leaders are often detached from the consequences of their decisions. Roger Fisher suggested implanting the country’s nuclear codes into a volunteer. To launch nukes, the President would have to personally kill the volunteer and thereby confront reality.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
Jump down every. single. rabbithole. Until not very long ago, there was only one way to get information, Now there's a million. Use the shit out of them all. Take the same approach with the people around you. Question them relentlessly, get them to wax lyrical about the things they love.
Regrets Are Resolutions, and 27 Other Lessons I've Learnt at 27
Middlemarch
2. Dissect ideas
The smartest kid in my middle school class used to take computers apart and put them back together again in order to understand how they work.
Good philosophers are like my friend from middle school. But instead of playing with computers, they play with ideas.
How Philosophers Think...
@david_perell on Twitter
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