I use Twitter as a commonplace note: https://t.co/vPr6DeA0d4 CTO In Sales • Homeschooling dad Building @siteaudittools & @thoughttonote
The younger one was different. By the time he was three or four, we had shelves full of books. I tried reading to him, showing him his brother reading, buying new ones, even digital picture books. Nothing worked. 4/11
When he was four, I got him a set of science picture books — how planets move, how telephones work. We read them together. At six, I gave him a Bible picture book. He read it cover to cover. From there, he moved on to Geronimo Stilton, then novels. 3/11
I’m a voracious reader. Long before we started homeschooling, I wanted my boys to love books. With my elder son, it was easy. 2/11
@_zenman Mobile is different I use service based email. It is not a common email id.
@jposhaughnessy Just a suggestion Jim. I subscribe to your newsletter, which has links to these 2 thoughts. If possible, if you could link to the original tweet, then it would be easier to retweet some of them (or engage with them).
@Curious_Shubh If you are interested look at this thread: Most probably Trump will be played out by Putin.
@G_S_Bhogal @HistoryBoomer I'm reminded of what @naval said, Conviction (what you thought through) changes your psyche & internal state I don't know if conviction is a product of personality or the other way around though.
For me, homeschooling wasn't a leap into the unknown. I had made many contrarian decisions regarding my life. Homeschooling was an extension of that thought process for my kids. That's why I could execute that decision well.
Importantly, I live in a different city, far, far away from the daily gatherings of families. No weekly gatherings. No family celebration meetings. We, as a family, meet once or twice a year. That's it. No other interactions. Or interference.
Me? This is not the first contrarian decision I've taken in life. • At 17, I dropped caste from my name • Became an independent consultant in IT industry • Work only 3 days a week • Sons carry mother's surname than mine Mom hesitates but eventually comes around.
They still feel they're making a mistake, but they see no other choice. They'd rather live with guilt than endure family and social pressure. Even well-meaning, well-educated, and financially stable parents can't withstand constant pressure. They revert to old ways.
They simply couldn't withstand the daily nagging and questions amidst the challenges of everyday life. They found it difficult to navigate the social pressures. Ultimately, they gave up and chose the comfortable path—returning to the traditional ways of schooling.
When they began, they encountered both family and societal pressure. "Oh... my grandson will fall behind others in the family." "You're making my grandkid asocial." "Do you think you're better than all the other siblings in the family?" and on and on....
They deeply cared about their children and genuinely wanted a better future for them. They were concerned that traditional schooling in India wasn't preparing their kids for a world where school-taught skills no longer ensured career success.
They studied what everyone else studied. They married whoever their parents chose. They mostly worked in IT. They went abroad and earned well. Everything followed society's accepted script. So why did they want to homeschool?
I spoke with them, and even met some, to understand their reasons—primarily to learn what mistakes I should avoid. What I found: This was the first contrarian decision they had made in their lives. Until then, they had gone with the flow of their family and society.
Many families who began homeschooling returned to traditional schools within a year. These families had everything necessary to sustain homeschooling: • Well-educated parents • One parent at home • Strong social connections • Lived in areas to have a social life
Through my podcast, writing, and coverage of our homeschooling experiment by "The Indian Express," I connected with many who had started homeschooling their children.
@sailesh8933 @CNBCTV18Live @_RituSingh How long do you think before they roll this out to existing customers too?
@embryonic__ yes I'm in India (Pkl). I wrote my motivation for homeschooling and how I'm going ahead: If you have any specific questions, please ask. Happy to get on a call too (or meet if in and around tricity)
@embryonic__ I stopped chasing BHAGs Smaller goals made my life meaningful
@thisiskp_ @FoundersPodcast @naval For another one of Naval’s thread from “The Network State Online Conference”
@jakobgreenfeld If you are ok with setting up one time setup, check out coolify. I have coolify on hetzner. It becomes Render or Heroku
@CedraCrenshaw Just meditating on Gen 11 & Babel. You can unpack this short passage until multiple layers.
Deeply religious people or parents who love their kids have something to think abt other than themselves They escape depression
conviction (thing that’s with you all the time) is a byproduct of thinking it through by yourself Other’s philosophy can inspire you But you have to find your conviction yourself Conviction changes your psyche / internal state
Having 10 people you admire listen to you is far more important than masses listening to you
What cant be bought by money: • fit body • a calm mind • house full of love They must be earned Respect is an emergent property of the above
Be curious ⇒ be ok with contradicting your previous self Don’t try to be consistent with the image people have of you
Every revolution is driven by small number of people at the cutting edge of thought brainstorming with each other Figure out how to get small number of innovative people who can cooperate to create next round of institutions.
English is the language of the Internet. If you are ambitious and want to be at the frontier you got to lean English (AI translation could help; Translations are good for English & Chinese not for others; they are most surveiled languages)
Historically the frontier was always on the city states - Greek city states (Athens), Italian, the US…when state rights were greater than federal frontier was the West (US) In this era, where are the frontiers?
It is the level of freedom that creates innovation, creativity, and learning When state is too large and disconnected from the ground it is more about control than creativity Too many government officials have not created anything of value. They are only interested in control
In the next war the US will be surprised There is no homegrown Drone industry in the US China has developed drone swarms which are as lethal as nuclear Drones are guided bullets. If it can see it can kill.
Reputation system + Local governance leads to better governance It is the lack of political will to create a fair system
Trust is broken in today’s heterogeneous society To govern such a group we impose same set of rules for all But we can build a reputation based trust - who invited who, who did bad, who did good and all of that reflects back to the original invitee
Countries shud have referral based immigration system much like companies If whom you referred is bad it reflects on you If whom you referred creates value you get a piece of it
Over a long scope certain movements become big that contain both x & opposite of x Christianity led to fall of Roman Empire but also led to rise of Holy Roman Empire ; it was at once religion of slaves and kings
Mob # Market Market = independent actors punished or rewarded for their predictions & actions ⇒ cooperating crowd thinking independently Mob = crowd thinking the same; inherently powerful & violent; not truth seeking mechanism
Be obsessed abt something and follow it deeply If you go deep into anything you’ll find same philosophical threads
The only real improvement is self-improvement all rights are individual rights We need groups to get things done Means of learning are abundant Desire to learn are scarce
Our problem Isnt illiteracy but innumeracy Master basic numeracy if you want to be wealthy
AI doesn’t have its own agency; its own thoughts. ⇒ it doesn’t contradict you making AI safe is logical contradiction If we follow a line of thiught, it will lead to ideas that are controversial.
AI is good at solving bounded problems • translation • transcription • driving assistance • coding assistance • generation (art, text, video) • categorisation & summarisation • extrapolation
AI = amplified intelligence Smarter you are better your prompts & hence better results ⇒ amplifies your intelligence
creativity = problem solving Not just painting and writing books Solve unsolved problems
We used to spend a lot of time on physical drudgery. Automation & tools (ex: dishwasher) solved them. Now we spend on intellectual drudgery (filling forms, filing reports) GPTs (= natural language computing) are good at drudgery work
specific knowledge > common knowledge Knowledge at the edge of what humanity wants = specific What ChatGPT knows = common
