"WIRYD" Daily #001 : FS, SY and Jordan Ellenberg
13th Sept 2021
This is the first post #001 of blog “WIRYD” What I Read Yesterday.
A blog to build daily reading habit. It will have random stuff that I find interesting.
ONE :
Chapter : Introduction. “ How not to be Wrong……… Jordan Ellenberg”
What I underlined as I read :
“ Mathematics is the study of things that came out a certain way because there is no other way they could possibly be”
“ Newton took our physical intuition about objects moving in straight lines, formalized it, and then built on top of that formal structure a universal mathematical description of motion”
“ Math is like an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and strength”
“ To paraphrase Clausewitz: Mathematics is the extension of common sense by other means”
“ School mathematics is largely made up of sequence of facts and rules, facts which are certain, rules which come from a higher authority and cannot be questioned. It treats mathematical matters as completely settled. Math is not settled.”
“ As a graduate student, I dedicated myself to number theory, what Gauss called, “ the queen of Mathematics”, the purest of pure subjects.
TWO:
Extracts from “fs.blog”
★ "I said no a lot to what seemed like a lot of money ... What's good for you in the short run is not always good for you in the long run."
— Anthony Bourdain
★ "When an academic wins a Nobel prize, they have achieved a pinnacle of expertise. At which point they often start to wax philosophic, and writing op-eds. They seem to be making a bid to become an elite. Because we all respect and want to associate with elites far more than with experts. Elites far less often lust after becoming experts, because we are often willing to treat elites as if they are experts."
"We stick to the wrong thing quite often, not because it will come to fruition by further effort but because we cannot let go of the way we have decided to tell the story, and we become further enmeshed even by trying to make sense of what entraps us, when what is needed is a simple, clean breaking away."
Consolations by David Whyte
THREE:
Extracts from above Blog of Scott Young :
"Economists talk about human capital, assuming that skills and knowledge, like machines or factories, are primarily things we can use to earn money."
7 Skills that Pay Off in any Job :
1. Being really good at excel
2. Writing good emails
3. Being a non-terrible public speaker
4. Getting Everything Done You Said You Would
5. Researching Effectively
6. Ballparking Numbers
7.Learning New Software Quickly
Thank you.