No think un think

 "How do you learn to unthink? Dylan believes the creative impulse needs protecting from self-analysis: “As you get older, you get smarter, and that can hinder you…You’ve got to programme your brain not to think too much.” Flann O’Brien said we should be “calculatedly stupid” in order to write. The only reliable cure for overthinking seems to be enjoyment, something that both success and analysis can dull. Experienced athletes and artists often complain that they have lost touch with what made them love what they do in the first place. Thinking about it is a poor substitute."

From the Economist - via ranprieur.com

 https://www.1843magazine.com/content/ideas/ian-leslie/non-cogito-ergo-sum

Zen has been all about this with the no-mind.
So has been Gallwey's Inner game of tennis.

I'm starting to see considerable number of echoes in the mainstream, that too from orthogonally related areas.

Gigerenzer makes another appearance . I have a link from an article in my K-paper bookmarks folder, and a book by him in my amazon wish list.

From now on, I should put all my for-later and wouldn't-it-be-nice mumblings here .

Today's Cracked.com reading. Cracked continues to be gold, but only in places now). Still,

6Harsh creates nausea and panic , unless you're nodding as you read it, which means you're on the other side. It works paired with 5Sabotage below for actual action items. Combined with the 60 second test, you should have a measuring tool.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-youre-sabotaging-your-own-life-without-knowing-it/
- focussing on how instead of why
- forgetting what will be missed out if you do something new, like working out
- no magical change - you're not going to be something tomorrow that you are not today.
- focussing on the whole instead of the steps - so wrong and impossibly daunting .
- you lie to yourself. Basically you confuse your  'should's for 'must's, taking solace in them, rather than cry in pain and panic at your unfulfilled 'must's. Thank you Tone Robbins. You never cease to amaze.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19468_5-logical-fallacies-that-make-you-wrong-more-than-you-think.html

Bonus points : https://markmanson.net/how-to-make-better-life-decisions
MM for boundaries.

Pentoz on LinkedIn showed a bicycle driven washing machine.  I used this opportunity to invent in my head a potential energy battery . I also remembered and amazone'd and google-pdf-ed old Ya Perelman books. Got some.