Jaakko
Mind Expander
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Mini posts
Short-form, snackable content that take less than 5 minutes to read.
See my longer-form posts here.
Leave every place better than you found it, or at least do no harm
Two principles to create a better world.
Subjective vs objective problem-solving
The link between heavy wine bottles and your personal problems.
Micro-doses aren’t enough
The funny thing about house plants...
Expose yourself to extremes more often
It won't kill you, quite the opposite.
If you don’t want to be like them, their insults are compliments in disguise
Reverse what you hear.
Make more things with your hands
You're 60. You look back on your 21,900 days on earth and think "what have I been doing with all this time?"
How you behave changes how you feel
Let your body trick your mind.
Do something absolutely useless
How many things do you do “just because” anymore?
The mind wants to stay occupied like the stomach wants to stay full
Intermittent fasting for a hungry mind.
Stay open-minded to extreme ideas
Imagine you hear a presentation from a world-class nuclear physicist.