The Beginning of Infinity
How it enhances your personal life
This is a short post on one of my favorite books. It was originally a tweet.
The book Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch not only makes you smarter, but also enhances your life in a "personal development" sort of way. Here’s how:
You’ll be an optimistic happier person. It won’t be unbridled optimism - you’ll have a reason to be optimistic while still recognizing that human regression is possible, and we have to solve problems to progress.
You’ll believe in yourself more cause you’ll believe in humans more. You’ll understand how humans are unique in their creative problem solving and you will feel special and want to use it well.
You will feel less afraid to make a fool of yourself and you won’t judge others as much cause you recognize humans are fallible and everyone makes mistakes.
You won’t attach a negative connotation to the word "problem" the way most people do. You’ll recognize problems are soluble and in any case problems lead to more problems. So it’s fun to solve them and error correct.
Your relationships will improve cause you’ll take people seriously. Hopefully you’ll take your children seriously too.
You’ll have more fun cause you’ll take your ideas seriously and work on them if they’re fun.
You will also get smarter about discerning explanations which will save you time!
If you enjoyed the The Beginning of Infinity, you might like my notes on the books Science and Human Values and The Ascent of Man.
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