Posts tagged "life":

Don't Prioritise What to Learn

I’ve recently read not just one, but two different blog posts arguing for roughly the same thing. To summarise them; You have a finite amount of time to learn new things, and so you should not only focus that time toward learning things that actually matter, but you should also only try and learn things that are easy to learn. I fundamentally disagree with both of these two things, but think they are prevalent in “productivity” sphere, especially in those targeting people at the intersection between policy and technology, where I happen to find myself right now.

Functional Life Without Side-Effects

Programming languages (and their users) are often grouped into two main intellectual schools of thought: Object-oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming. These two schools both claim to offer ways to manage the increasing complexity that comes with the development of larger and larger programs. Functional programming states that this complexity can be managed by following these principles: