iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Same AI. Same productivity gains. Very different outcomes for workers. The difference is who owns it.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I think, maybe humanity has developed into a giant, global pyramid scheme.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"Those magnificent Americans. So much power and so little understanding of what to do with it" Victor Wong (The Old Man) in the Eddie Murphy movie "The Golden Child", 1986

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Hey @damonyoung.com.au It's not my habit to post YouTube videos but this one made me think of you Damon. Who knows why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Uv...

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Only 3 machines left in Japan?! See how the iconic LIFE Noble Notebook is made!

YouTube video by JetPens

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." - Blaise Pascal - #solitude #silence #peace

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Do we enjoy the same type of podcast conversations than what we crave for in our own lives?

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A useful concept to keep in mind when swimming in the contaminated streams of #information: #context Context has collapsed, often intentionally removed. Find it in #nonfiction #books and reflective thinking.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

What a delight to hear my 12-year-old ask about the Monty Hall problem and then persevere through explanations, experiment with Uno cards, and finally light up and yell: "I really get it now!"

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

When we outsource a difficult task, we let someone else become good at it. What happens when we outsource thinking (to AI)?

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Can you be engaged with the world yet disentangled from it?

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

You have to get lost to find a new way.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

From the withered tree, a flower blooms.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

"‘Oh, why can’t you remain like this forever!” This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth, Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.” #PeterPan

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Greg Fields @gregfieldsauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Herman Hesse (1877-1962) In 1911 he took a trip to India and studied Eastern religions and ancient Hindu and Chinese cultures, inspiring his novel 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒂 "Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself." #booksky #writingcommunity #authors

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#trump #tariffs #trade Delivery to the Whitehouse maintenance department...

Blue Sea branded circuit breaker labelled "World Circuit Breaker. Certified for North American and European Markets"

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Sometimes it is impossible to get a conversation going because everybody is talking too much.

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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 18/06/2025

Bluesky is dying?! Really? Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X. www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...

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Bluesky is dying

Bluesky was invented to create a nicer space than Twitter. The problem is that too few people have joined and most are smug and boring.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

1/3 One of the peculiarities of the English-speaking world is its immense interest and belief in political parties. A very large percentage of English-speaking people really believe that the ills from which they suffer would be cured if a certain political party were in power. ...(cont)

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Change is the substrate of being — and waves are how change happens without erasing continuity. (ChatGTP in conversation about fundamental fields in physics)

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Ice cube in juice internally cracks from temperature difference, producing this detail...

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free. -Maya Angelou-

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Here: noeticdomain.com I will find a way to integrate NoeticNooks.net and then...who knows?

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Noetic Domain

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I am quietly whispering to the internet: "I'm taking steps to make Noetic books a bit more real. Highly curated non-fiction books. Short-form podcast episodes by interesting people who think interesting thoughts. Maybe a real physical space will be found too... I'm just sayin...

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

At the age of 16, I discovered Lin Yutang, "The Importance of Living," in my parents' bookcase. It became my bible, and I ended up living by it for decades, reading it often. I have since lost my way. It's time to read it again.

The Importance of Living
The Classic Bestseller
That Introduced Millions
to the Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone
Lin Yutang
1937

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Avoid at all costs: - cynicism - escapism - perfectionism

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#read #nonfiction #books Synchronised Distraction Syndrome: When the mind (finally) quiets, some external distraction breaks in. When the environment quiets, the mind agitates in turn. This is a major obstacle for reading books if you are a working parent.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

ULTRACREPIDERIAN Someone who's desire to be seen as smart outweighs their desire to shut up when they don't know what they are talking about.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

#perspective #beautiful Our eyes can only see 0.00011% of the total spectrum of electromagnetic frequencies - light. From this sliver of wiggles, our brain composes the visible world.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

#anxiety #alanwatts If you suffer from anxiety or just feel the need for some inner calm with a twinkle of joy, try listening to Alan Watts lectures. I find that they tickle my mind in a delightfully subtle way.

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The Works of Alan Watts

Every recording we offer by Alan Watts to date. Includes over 200 talks, estimated around 150 hours. Woah.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

#read #nonfiction #books #trade #economy How economy and power politics go together: (Quote refers events in 1703)

Nat Dyer: "Riccardo's Dream." Page 55 quotes political economist Susan Strange from 1980 in reference to the english-portugese trade deal of cloth and wine 1703:

"The freer exchange of British wool and woollen goods for Portuguese wine was acceptable to the Portuguese government only because it perceived an urgent need for the defensive protection of the Royal Navy.

The Portuguese must have guessed that the result of the increased trade with England would be the ruin of many honest, hardworking Portuguese weavers. Yet the price had to be paid because the treaty promised greater security for the state. It was not primarily a commercial agreement.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

#Trump “The only important thing is the unification of the people – because the other people don’t mean anything” (Donald Trump, campaign speech, May 2016)

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

When humanity is done with Earth, who's going to clean up the mess?

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

#read #nonfiction #books "The starting point of history can always be shifted, such that one side is always instigating, the other always justified in response" (Omar El Akkad)

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My own nonfiction bookstore / library / reading hub? It's a dream. But my bookmarks are real.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

#read #nonfiction #books Free speech is made of decency and thick skin, two resources that seem unevenly distributed. Timothy tackles this difficult topic with a steady, professorial diligence and wisdom. Read it before speaking freely.

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

#read #nonfiction #books If you prefer fast-paced, action filled mind bending reality show, this is for you. A taste of russia that will spin you out faster than a bottle of vodka. Great read! 👍👍

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NOETIC @noeticbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

#read #nonfiction #history #books Here's a timely book. The name gives a hint. Russia's story, with its Vlodymirs and Vladimirs, is a tall tale of strongmen, pulling east and west. Slow read recommended.

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Xavier Roy @xavierroy.com · 20/06/2024

"The starting point for becoming a good writer is to be a good reader. Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose." - Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style

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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 26/02/2025

Few people know this but you can turn off your phone and read a book

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