Comments on: Be Cognizant. Make Your Perfect Salad http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-cognizant-make-your-perfect-salad/ Get to know David Kadavy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Design for Hackers: THE BOOK! http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-cognizant-make-your-perfect-salad/comment-page-1/#comment-35198 Design for Hackers: THE BOOK! Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:30:45 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=367#comment-35198 [...] this idea really made sense for me to write about at this point – making it The Perfect Salad. My childhood obsession with drawing, which grew into an adulthood obession with design and [...] [...] this idea really made sense for me to write about at this point – making it The Perfect Salad. My childhood obsession with drawing, which grew into an adulthood obession with design and [...]

]]> By: Fayza http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-cognizant-make-your-perfect-salad/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Fayza Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:22:36 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=367#comment-848 Incredibly smart post, honey heart. Incredibly smart post, honey heart.

]]> By: Mary http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-cognizant-make-your-perfect-salad/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Mary Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:17:57 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=367#comment-825 One of the functions of the brain's reticular activating system is to filter out irrelevant stimuli. You don't notice silver Toyota Camrys until you buy one, or until you start considering buying one. Then you see silver Toyota Camrys everywhere. The R.A.S. is the part of the brain responsible for motivation. Some scientists believe that you can "program" your R.A.S. to notice things that relate to, say, a specific goal. In that way, it's said, you will be aware of opportunities (or, metaphysically, "signs"). This kind of science gives credibility to the Law of Attraction. It also explains why, if you're diagnosed as having a fatal disease, you stop giving a shit about politics or Toyota Camrys. In any case, of your alternatives ([1] despairing, and [2] deciding you don't care), (2) is the better choice. You can't know everything, so you decide what's important and become hypercognizant of pertinent information. That's why I don't get involved in politics. I'm leaving for Bora Bora some time in the next few days and I'm not coming back until the inauguration. My reticular activating system will be tuned to low-hanging fruit and finishing my novel.... M One of the functions of the brain’s reticular activating system is to filter out irrelevant stimuli. You don’t notice silver Toyota Camrys until you buy one, or until you start considering buying one. Then you see silver Toyota Camrys everywhere.

The R.A.S. is the part of the brain responsible for motivation. Some scientists believe that you can “program” your R.A.S. to notice things that relate to, say, a specific goal. In that way, it’s said, you will be aware of opportunities (or, metaphysically, “signs”). This kind of science gives credibility to the Law of Attraction. It also explains why, if you’re diagnosed as having a fatal disease, you stop giving a shit about politics or Toyota Camrys.

In any case, of your alternatives ([1] despairing, and [2] deciding you don’t care), (2) is the better choice. You can’t know everything, so you decide what’s important and become hypercognizant of pertinent information. That’s why I don’t get involved in politics. I’m leaving for Bora Bora some time in the next few days and I’m not coming back until the inauguration. My reticular activating system will be tuned to low-hanging fruit and finishing my novel…. M

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-cognizant-make-your-perfect-salad/comment-page-1/#comment-824 kadavy Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=367#comment-824 Ah, and then either 1) despair over not knowing how little you know, or 2) feeling better by deciding you don't care. Ah, and then either 1) despair over not knowing how little you know, or 2) feeling better by deciding you don’t care.

]]> By: Kurtiss Hare http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-cognizant-make-your-perfect-salad/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Kurtiss Hare Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:20:17 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=367#comment-823 I've found that after your first couple adult-onset cognizance building experiences, you gain a sort of meta-cognizance: to become aware of how little of which you are aware. I’ve found that after your first couple adult-onset cognizance building experiences, you gain a sort of meta-cognizance: to become aware of how little of which you are aware.

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