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I was gonna call it a day on talking about magical powers but I feel like this is a sign to talk more about magical powers
Ok so first up when I say magical powers I mean it in a rather colloquial, casual sense. I don’t mean *literal* supernatural powers like X-Men. I’m talking about skills that, hypothetically, anybody should be able to develop, but in practice, seem rare
In fact I think a degree from an accredited institution may actually limit your “magical powers” if you’re not careful, because you’re being schooled by a syllabus that’s quite possibly obsolete the moment it’s written down waitbutwhy.com/2015/11/the-co… 
🤔 magic is curiosity + attentiveness + persistence + willingness to revise and re-evaluate everything 🤔
And it only *seems* magical because the average person is not very curious, not very attentive, not very persistent and not very willing to revise and re-evaluate everything 🤔🤔🤔
Sometimes you get 1 or 2 of those qualities - eg some thinkbois re-evaluate their whole existence every week but don’t persist at anything beyond that
Some hustlebois cargo-cult persistence without reevaluating anything - end up spending decades pushing at doors marked Pull
Some hustlebois cargo-cult persistence without reevaluating anything - end up spending decades pushing at doors marked Pull
I’m surprised I haven’t seen made like an app or guide or online course or something to help people really internalize this WaitButWhy blogpost, it’s very well done IMO waitbutwhy.com/2015/11/the-co…
And do you know who are all of those things!!!! Children!!!
And do you know what we do to them!!!! Beat it out of them!!!!
And do you know what we do to them!!!! Beat it out of them!!!!
I made myself sad again
it can seem like magic
kinda wish I could do threads like this
