Thoughts
24. Every human deserves the same, and every human is different.
20. when you are going through a bad moment or don’t have clarity, ask yourself: what is useful? Identify it and do it. When you feel that taking a given action might be wrong, ask yourself: is this useful? I found me asking myself, what is useful? what is useful? what is useful? It is not about planning: find the action, do the action, search for the next action.
17. At Stanford, a well-known professor put a big whiteboard in the middle of a park, and wrote on one corner: email me if this whiteboard is a problem. This is the right way to act. Was he to ask for permission to put the whiteboard, and they might have taken a week to answer or say no.
16. I like being weird and talking with other weird people. Being weird is a decision, not only an innate trait. Being weird is similar to running extremely fast: you realize that previous limits were arbitrary. It is enlightening, confusing, and gives you freedom.
15. Being well-dressed is underrated. It increases your confidence and how highly other people think of you. Whenever I buy nice clothes I feel that before I was a clown. A practical tip: spend three hours searching for the best shirt (also in stores that are more expensive than what you can buy.) Then buy it and wear it. You will notice the difference, and probably dress much better after that.
14. What is music? For me, it is about feeling. Sometimes we can’t express what we feel just by talking or writing. Not expressing what is painful creates resentment. Not expressing what you enjoy makes you cold and disconnected from people. Besides channeling your expression, music also influences your feelings. Select songs carefully!
13. Is there any activitiy for which it makes sense to multitask?
12. the fact that humans can learn is exceptional
11. Good property of an object: that the easiest way to use it is the correct way. For example, it is not convenient to carry a helmet in your arms or hanging. It is easiest to just put it on your head. If you design the object, then you can force people to use it correctly by making the other ways to use it uncomfortable.
9. Don’t gaze, but do strongly look into the eyes.
Questions
3. I wonder how life would be if everything had a deadline.
2. what do you like the most about your life?
1. What is your own latest idea?
0. ask “what do you like doing?” not “what do you do?” what do you do is circunstancial, they might tell you their day job
-1. Why is it painful to look to the sides with your head fixed when you have a headache?
1 is a question I got from Julia Casares.
Quotes
Aristotle: ‘There would be peace only if rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.’ Think of ruler as the part of you that dominates you.
“Las almas mas bonitas siempre visten con secuelas.” Ambkor
if we knew what we were doing it wouldnt be called research — Einstein similarly, if we knew where we are going or how we will do it, it wouldn’t be called an adventure.
Funny
7. “Something strange is indeed happening here” me every time I try to do math at night.
6. “Whereas you might not find Bessel functions on your pocket calculator, they are available in \italic{Mathematica}”
5. approximations in physics are like storytelling, you win if you have a convincing argument.
4. Cuantas cuentas!
3. Charles: wow the sky! Santi: yeah. Santi (with glasses): oh wait.
2. all the wraps I made on my life had much more food than what it could fit when you wrap it
1. “keep calm and justify all Fubinis”
0. Found this while filling taxes:
“What was your Marital Status as of the last day of 2022? (a) Married (b) Single
Note: If you are married but your spouse is not with you in the U.S., you are still married!”
-1. There is pleasure when opening new box in jupyter