In 1976 the biologist Richard Dawkins published a seminal book on evolutionary gene-theory, the Selfish Gene. Now a household name, Dawkins explored how our DNA’s ultimate drive is to replicate itself, and sometimes this drive for replication outweighs the desires of the ‘vehicle’ – us. Many of us intuitively understand now that some of our […]
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There’s something I really love about stealing words from other languages. Of course there’s nothing new about that – much of the English language consists of pilfered Greek, Latin, French and German, with a dash of the more exotic for occasional flavour. Some words, however, aren’t in the common parlance but really should be, as
I just recently finished reading Tiago Forte’s “Building a Second Brain”, and it inspired me to revisit my somewhat gunky Notion system and revitalize it. Buckle up, this one’s a doozie. If you want to skip ahead to the specifics you can start at the ‘Setting up your databases’ section, but I’ll be talking first
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In the ancient Roman Republic the office of ‘Censor’ was among one of their most prominent public positions. Much like the consulship – the preeminent position of the Republic – there were only two censors at any time, and their power was often only checked by their own compatriots and successors. The censor was responsible
If you’ve taken a look at some of my other Notion tutorials, you’ll know I’m a big fan of the platform. I’m constantly annoying my friends by suggesting it to them, and despite the fact many of them acknowledge it can do exactly what they want it to, they’re often reticent to get started. Notion
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Note: This is a re-post of a tutorial I wrote several years ago. Notion has improved a lot since then, and my system has changed a little (more on that soon!), but I still think this tutorial is a valuable beginner’s guide, especially if my upcoming guide on my new system is confusing to you.
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