The domains where rationality matters are domains where information is scarce, and the common wisdom of people around you is inadequate.
Rationality is for novel problems. On settled questions, copying consensus is faster and equally correct. The mistake is treating that as the whole game.
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Cal NewportBefore smartphones, there was another attention crisis: Newport reads the 19th-century fear of cheap novels and the modern fear of feeds as the same underlying pattern.
Joy is not a function of a life free of friction, but a function of focus—an inner elevation by the fulcrum of choice.
Popova's framing is sturdier than 'happiness is a choice': joy is what you elevate by deliberate attention, not what happens to you. Actually actionable.
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