Entropy, Compound and Game Theory

20220302 - Foreword p. xi Our mind can change our brain? Why not? The famous double-slit experiment tells us that our mind can significantly change the result. Although the change is at photon/quantum level, but compound effect can surely caused huge changes. 20220302 - Introduction: The Greatest Habit You Can Ever Break Is the Habit of Being Yourself p. xv This is the book I am waiting for, which explain why Meditation works, and how. Is meditation just like other skill, such as playing violion, playing chess and doing cooking, then everyone can master it. PART I: The Science of You 20220307 - Chapter 1: The Quantum You p. 3 This world is full of mysteries. No matter, only energy wave? Quantum physics is amazing. But, is "observer effect" the root power of meditation? As the double-slit experiment shows, we don't have control of the changes. We should not allow external world to control our internal world (thinking/feeling). Instead, we expect the changes in our interna...

20220210 - Preface to the second edition We only have limited attention, so we should not waste our attention on minor issues. 20220210 - Prologue. The Paradox of Choice: A Road Map Choices sometimes are just distractions. They make us hard to tell what is important, what is not. PART I | WHEN WE CHOOSE 20220210 - Chapter 1. Let’s Go Shopping 9 The difference among alternative products could be meaningless, so they are just distractions. We need to understand what is important, what we really need. Then we can choose the right one. The First Principle. 20220211 - Chapter 2. New Choices 23 A majority of people want more control over the details of their lives, but a majority of people also want to simplify their lives. p25 Just like what Elon Musk told us, to learn fast, we need to fully understand the trunk of the knowledge true. Then we can quickly learn the branches and leaves. https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/elon-musks-2-rules-for-learning-anything-faster How to choose our ...

20220117 - Prologue "Why does reading the newspaper actually decrease your knowledge of the world?" p xxiii Wow! This may significantly decrease the time I wasted on news! "What you know cannot really hurt you." p xxiv Is this one of the reasons that we should read more? The reason that we should "think ahead, think hard"? PART ONE: UMBERTO ECO'S ANTILIBRARY, OR HOW WE SEEK VALIDATION 20220119 - Chapter 1 : The Apprenticeship of an Empirical Skepti "Berlin Diary:: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941" definitely worth reading, together with "Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich". We can summize history, but we cannot do that in the stream of time. When GFC happened in 2008, I knew what was happening, but I had no clue before the outbreak. Same to the stock price. We normally know why the price went up or down yesterday, but we have no clue whether it would go up or down tomorrow. Everything is messy. There are too many fact...

20211207 - Prologue : a tale of two farms Two farms;Collapses, past and present;Vanished Edens?;A five-point framework;Businesses and the environment;The comparative method;Plan of the book 5-point framework: Environmental damage, climate change, hostile neighbors, friendly trade partners, and the society's response to its environmental problems. Local collapse is not likely to happen today. But economy decline is a huge threat. Can human survive from global warming? Can people keep international order? Can technology develop (such self-driving) fast enough to cover major threats? part. 1. Modern Montana 20211211 - 1. Under Montana's big sky Stan Falkow's story;Montana and me;Why begin with Montana?;Montana's economic history;Mining;Forests;Soil;Water;Native and non-native species;Differing visions;Attitudes towards regulation;Rick Laible's story;Chip Pigman's story;Tim Huls's story;John Cook's story;Montana, model of the world We should not follow our h...

20211107 - The wake-up call "Unscripted" says that building business needs put most of the attention into work, for a few years. What does this "a few years" mean exactly? For this famous lawyer Julian, what's the best solution to solve the problem? He needs more partners. He loved his job, but in the end, he hated it. His job ruined his life. Balance is still important. No one can work long time for too many years. Even to Elon Musk. 20211107 - The mysterious visitor So it's about balance inside instead of balance outside? When pay attention to the full picture all the time, it's easier to remain balance inside. 20211107 - The miraculous transformation of Julian Mantle It needs at least 3 years? Anything great takes time, knowledge and practice. 20211108 - A magical meeting with the sages of Sivana This book is like mixture of "The Power of Now" and "The best salesman of the world". But, because it mentioned the importance of diet, I...

 I: DISCIPLINE 20211105 - Problems and Pain 1 Life is difficult. We need to admit this, then we can face it bravely, then embrace our lives. Problem will get solved only when we have the courage to face it. If we don't want to face it, then we will fall into the delusion our brain build for us. Our brain always can find a way to explain the external environment and our situation. Our spirital growth comes from problem solving. This is the reason that we should not stay in comfort zone: there is no enough problems waiting for us to solve. The tool to solve problem is discipline. 20211105 - Delaying Gratification 18 The ending is much more important than the procedure. - "Thinking, fast and slow" If we can go through the painful work first, then we can enjoy the happy ending, which will stay in our memory. And painful work or study is critical to happy ending. So, deplaying gratification is critical. Is this decided by gene or parenting or external environment? 20211106 - T...