Re: Lemur Journal!
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:05 am
Today I learned about something called the Self-Licensing Trap: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licensing
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https://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/viewtopic.php?t=9586
I'll keep this in mind because surely there is a balance....but maybe there isn't a balance. Learning to have agency and all that comes with it - the highs and lows of success and failures is what develops character. Another mention in that article is how when some students graduate they're terrified suddenly of having to interview, get a job, etc...all that college and no confidence at all?Maybe it won’t be our job to facilitate at all. Maybe it will be our job to get out of the way.
To my knowledge, the world until recently was a hellhole of poverty and misery. His given examples, like Da Vinci, were extremely privileged - Da Vinci's family had a solid "middle-class" background in a flourising Italian rennaisance city. Meanwhile, 99% of people were illiterate and were grinding out a living doing farming in some muddy village at the end of the world. Where's the "overflowing onramps of opportunity" there?The world until recently was overflowing with onramps of opportunity, even for children, and we seem to do poorly at producing new ones.
I'll try my best to articulate...I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.
In "My Ishmael" Quinn argues that human children for the better part of 3 million years (at least several hundred thousand) learned everything they needed to survive / by the age of thirteen or fourteen (puberty) just by being given entire agency for their existence. Their parents let them roam and taught them the things they were interested in, and that kids have a drive (up until puberty at least) to learn what their parents do and be like their parents. This would then allow them to asynchronously (as children learn when they need a skill to do something) learn all of the skills they need in the first decade of so of their life as they became interested in fishing, hunting, tracking, building shelter, weaving, agriculture, etc.Lemur wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:08 amI'm not sure when I started to give up though - perhaps subtle influences by concerned parents/teachers but I eventually concluded that what I was doing was essentially a waste of time and I needed to focus on school grades instead when I entered high school. Which I did - I ended up making good grades in school too (top 10 in my graduating class). Because what I learned is that the system required this to get into college, etc. But what I did not know is that this decision completely crushed my creativity/innovative mindset and turned me more into the cog that I needed to be.
My son today is going on 7 and already tells me that school is too easy / boring. It is funny that he told me once a week or so ago that he should just be a YouTuber and why even bother with school. I just laughed and scoffed at that idea. I told him instead to keep focusing on his reading and math skills and do his best in school...He is only 7 after-all but the curiosity and questioning of things start so young!
But is this not the same thing that my parents/teachers did to me? Someone posted an excellent comment in that article:
I'll keep this in mind because surely there is a balance....but maybe there isn't a balance. Learning to have agency and all that comes with it - the highs and lows of success and failures is what develops character. Another mention in that article is how when some students graduate they're terrified suddenly of having to interview, get a job, etc...all that college and no confidence at all?
DW and I spent a long time this weekend talking about how direct or indirect messages from parents or caregivers can cause children to suppress their authenticity. This probably has disastrous consequences on an individual. If the majority of society has suppressed their authentic self, it is no wonder that a large portion lead lives of quiet desperation.Lemur wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:08 amI'm not sure when I started to give up though - perhaps subtle influences by concerned parents/teachers but I eventually concluded that what I was doing was essentially a waste of time and I needed to focus on school grades instead when I entered high school. Which I did - I ended up making good grades in school too (top 10 in my graduating class). Because what I learned is that the system required this to get into college, etc. But what I did not know is that this decision completely crushed my creativity/innovative mindset and turned me more into the cog that I needed to be.
You'll find more along this line in Jared Diamond's books: Hand a knife to a toddler. If they're smart, they'll learn an unforgettable lesson of what sharp metal does in one try or die. A lot of trust in the innate wisdom of humans. Probably the same wisdom that makes us afraid of spiders and snakes.Slevin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:52 amIn "My Ishmael" Quinn argues that human children for the better part of 3 million years (at least several hundred thousand) learned everything they needed to survive / by the age of thirteen or fourteen (puberty) just by being given entire agency for their existence. Their parents let them roam and taught them the things they were interested in, and that kids have a drive (up until puberty at least) to learn what their parents do and be like their parents. This would then allow them to asynchronously (as children learn when they need a skill to do something) learn all of the skills they need in the first decade of so of their life as they became interested in fishing, hunting, tracking, building shelter, weaving, agriculture, etc.
Notice the dozens of people playing in the back (aka the orchestra). They've also been doing this for 10k hours, and yet are not at her level. I'd say this level of performance is akin to being in the Olympics (BTW, on the subject of training classical musicians, I recommend the excellent movie "Whiplash" if you haven't seen it yet). I don't think a hobbyist can realistically aim for that.Lemur wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:04 pm
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto D Major Op.35 - Bomsori Kim
https://youtu.be/Qf9FKZicwL4
I just admire the incredible skill I'm seeing. That violinist easily has over 10k hours...likely doing so since they were a kid.
Check out this book about a late learner of the cello for some motivation!
Not a bad idea for anyone regardless of diet to get these blood work / lipid panel and have these things regularly checked at least annually. Preferably bi-annually. Mostly for preventative reasons.Make sure you get your testosterone, other hormones and lipids checked on such a low fat diet.
I would need to see a source on this statement if you could provide one because this is not my understanding. Its probably best to avoid consuming dietary cholesterol for increased risk factors of heart disease and cardiovascular risk.Under-consuming certain things like cholesterol can induce your body to overproduce its own.
And I think the body is smarter then we're...I can't imagine that cholesterol would be overproduced if we were not consuming enough. In a similar vein, the body does not overproduce glucose when it lacks it. Our bodies systems are well tuned unless they're damaged like in metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and the like.A large body of evidence shows there were once enormous swaths of the world where the coronary heart disease epidemic seemed to be almost non-existent, such as rural China and sub-Saharan Africa. It’s not genetics: When people move from low- to high-risk areas, their disease rates appear to skyrocket as they adopt the diet and lifestyle habits of their new homes. The extraordinarily low rates of heart disease in rural China and Africa have been attributed to the extraordinarily low cholesterol levels among these populations. Though Chinese and African diets are very different, they are both centered on plant-derived foods, such as grains and vegetables. By eating so much fiber and so little animal fat, their total cholesterol levels averaged under 150 mg/dL, similar to people eating contemporary strictly plant-based diets. https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/cholesterol/
The information as I know it is conflicting on this topic. Typically in men, higher body fat levels increase levels of estrogen which causes decreased free testosterone levels. If someone is lean and mean, low-fat diets are not a concern for T-levels. If there is an effect, it appears minimal at best and I believe the benefits of not consuming fats far outweigh the risks of lower T-levels.Low test is also very common after prolonged low fat diet.
I'd wager for men, T-levels dropping on low fat diets is probably related to not hitting their Zinc requirements.The authors conclude that men with obesity may view a potential slight reduction in serum testosterone to be a relatively minor consideration in comparison with the potential benefits of a low-fat diet.
Genetics? It's possible that a minority of people are just naturally predisposed to want to be working all the time.