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9 Best Articles in 2021
Farnam Street
How to Read a Book: The Ultimate Guide by Mortimer AdlerFarnam Street
5 min read · From 2018 · In how to read a book, Mortimer Adler teaches us the four levels of reading to become a more effective reader. Learning how to read is more than just picking up a book and starting to read.
reading
culture
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There is a difference between reading for understanding and reading for information.
Francis Bacon once remarked, “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
Aeon+Psyche
How to know who’s trustworthyAeon+Psyche
7 min read · 2020-11-04 · Knotty problems call for sound advice. Use philosophy to find the intellectually dependable amid the frauds and egotists
philosophy
how to
trust
NPR
If You've Always Wanted To Write A Book, Here's HowNPR
8 min read · 2020-04-28 · Everyone has a book in them. Everyone also has a crummy inner voice telling them it's never going to happen. This episode will help shut down those distracting voices and get you started writing a…
writing
how to
write
how-to-fix-a-toilet.com
How To Fix a Toilet And Other Things We Can't Do Without Searchhow-to-fix-a-toilet.com
7 min read · From 2017 · A visual essay on everything we forgot how to do — and how to ask: from fixing toilets to how to kiss.
how to
graphics
illustrations
Dan Shipper
Surgical Reading: How to Read 12 Books at OnceDan Shipper
~13 min read · 2020-06-23 · How to efficiently get what you need out of reading, multiple books at a time
productivity
books
reading
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It’s a process I’ve developed called surgical reading and it means that when I’m reading a non-fiction book, I focus on locating and removing the most valuable pieces of information from it quickly as possible. This allows me to read many different books across a single topic at once, so I can look at it from multiple perspectives
Reading shouldn’t be about checking titles off of a todo list, it should be an exploration of what fascinates you. 
Lifehack
How To Create A Daily Schedule To Organize Your DayLifehack
7 min read · Feb 24th · If your goal is to be productive, start by adding structure to your life. Here’s how to create a daily schedule to organize your day for maximum success.
productivity
better living
The New York Times
How to Be HappyThe New York Times
~20 min read · From 2017 · Happiness isn’t something that just happens to you: Take these small steps to create a happier life.
happy
guide
how to
norvig.com
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Yearsnorvig.com
~17 min read · From 2013 · Walk into any bookstore, and you'll see how to Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours alongside endless variations offering to teach C, SQL, Ruby, Algorithms, and so on in a few days or hours. The Amazon…
programming
how to
Fast Company
How to transform your to-do list into a productivity power toolFast Company
3 min read · 2020-03-09 · It will likely require shifting your mindset in a few key ways.
productivity
to-do
project
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Neustadt says we really only have the bandwidth to have two or three priorities. “Otherwise we’re not living authentically, and are scattered and unfulfilled, filling time with stuff that doesn’t matter to us.”
Once you know your priorities, everything on your to-do list should serve them.
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NPR
How To Control (And Even Use) Your Anger — With MeditationNPR
3 min read · Jun 11th · Anger can be a powerful teacher — if we know how to use it. In this episode, Lama Rod Owens, a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, explains how he learned to love his anger, and gives listeners a six-step…
mindfulness
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Anger is a complicated emotion that many of us try to suppress rather than examine — a desire often reinforced by societal narratives that dictate who is allowed to hold and process the sentiment.
MIT Technology Review
AI is learning how to create itselfMIT Technology Review
~14 min read · May 27th · Is AI that learns on its own the path to truly intelligent machines?
artificial intelligence
technology
creativity
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Researchers are already using machine learning on itself, training it to find solutions to some of the field’s hardest problems, such as how to make machines that can learn more than one task at a time or cope with situations they have not encountered before.
The new system, called AutoML Zero, tries to build an AI from the ground up using nothing but the most basic mathematical concepts that govern machine learning.
MIT Sloan School of Management
How to prepare for the AI productivity boomMIT Sloan School of Management
4 min read · Jul 12th · Businesses are poised to see big productivity gains from artificial intelligence. Make sure you’re prepared.
productivity
artificial intelligence
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After years of decline, productivity is poised to accelerate. The next challenge is preparing workers, and making sure benefits aren’t distributed unequally.
“I think we’re near the bottom of that J-curve right now and we’re about to see the takeoff,” Brynjolfsson said.
World Economic Forum
How to build AI that society wants and needsWorld Economic Forum
4 min read · Jul 3rd · Organizations must take steps to enable and showcase trustworthiness to all stakeholders and build the reputation of the artificial intelligence they use.
society
artificial intelligence
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Triplebyte
How to Choose a Startup to Work For by Thinking Like An InvestorTriplebyte
9 min read · From 2019 · I believe that most advice on choosing a startup to work for is wrong. Early employees at wildly successful startups suggest you assume the value of your equity is zero (https://twitter.com/rabois/status/679722946919677952) and instead optimize for how much you can learn (https://triplebyte.com/blog/interview-with-gmail-creator-and-y-combinator-partner-paul-buchheit). In this post I'll argue that evaluating how likely a startup is to succeed should actually be the most important factor in your d
startups
how to
Forge
How to Write AnythingForge
4 min read · 2020-05-22 · Rules you can use to write anything you want to write — from a book to a tweet
writing
Lilach Bullock
How to promote a blog post: the ultimate guideLilach Bullock
From 2017 · So, you’ve written an awesome blog post that provides lots of value…now what? How do you get it in front of the right eyes, and as many pairs of eyes as possible? Promoting your blog posts the right way is just as important as writing amazing content. After all, if no one sees your content, it’s all for nothing. In this latest ultimate guide, I want to show you how to promote a blog post so that you generate traffic. You’ll be able to find all kinds of free and paid promotional strategies and I’
blogging
blog
content marketing
Farnam Street
How to Read a BookFarnam Street
5 min read · From 2015 · Learn how to read a book with the four levels of reading and starting separate signal from noise and connecting ideas.
reading
Lifehack
How To Motivate Yourself To Study When You're Too Busy With WorkLifehack
8 min read · May 12th · Are you too busy with work that you sometimes lose motivation to study? Here are some tips on how to build and maintain your motivation despite being busy.
career
better living
lifestyle
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Quotes that inspire need to be easy to remember, connect with you on a personal level, and fire up your passion, enthusiasm, and goals in life.
Intrinsic motivation is an incentive to engage in a specific activity that derives from pleasure in the activity itself rather than because of any external benefits that might be obtained. It sounds like, “I’m going to work hard to get that promotion so I can be more fulfilled at work.”  On the other hand, extrinsic motivation is an external incentive to engage in a specific activity, especially motivation arising from the expectation of punishment or reward. It sounds like, “I really want that promotion at work to make more money.”
WIRED UK
How to hack your brain to remember almost anythingWIRED UK
4 min read · 2020-07-08 · Four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis and psychological scientist Julia Shaw explain how to use the memory palace technique to boost your memory skills
brain
The New York Times
How to Start RunningThe New York Times
~12 min read · From 2017 · Starting a new running habit doesn’t have to be hard. The Well Guide makes it easy to get started, get inspired and stay on track. Are you ready? Let’s go!
articles
how to
nytimes
Fast Company
Your brain loves routines. Here’s how to build new and better onesFast Company
4 min read · Feb 23rd · Every once in a while, you need to take a step back and ask whether your routines are serving you optimally.
brain
NPR
How To Control (And Even Use) Your Anger — With MeditationNPR
3 min read · Jun 11th · Anger can be a powerful teacher — if we know how to use it. In this episode, Lama Rod Owens, a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, explains how he learned to love his anger, and gives listeners a six-step…
mindfulness
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Anger is a complicated emotion that many of us try to suppress rather than examine — a desire often reinforced by societal narratives that dictate who is allowed to hold and process the sentiment.
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