Mathematician, scientist, programmer.
Toronto, Canada
Joined April 2009
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Andrey Paramonov retweeted
"The individual atoms…cycled through wind and water and soil…through generations of living creatures and minds, will repeat and connect and make a whole out of parts…Although impermanent, they make a permanence. Although scattered, they make a totality."themarginalian.org/2022/01/1…
"I can indeed think in such realms and find successes in the small things. It is more than likely that no one will notice what I have done let alone consider the reason behind the added work. I still will feel success whether they do or not."
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Andrey Paramonov retweeted
We all have an "antilibrary." You know, the stack of yet-unread books we might never read. Here is Umberto Eco's wonderful and counterintuitive take on why that unread stack might be as essential for our inner lives as the read themarginalian.org/2015/03/2…
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Alan Watts, born on this day in 1915, on learning not to think in terms of gain and loss themarginalian.org/2015/11/0…
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“The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia.”
If you aren't feeling particularly lucky to be alive (we all have those days), here is a lovely lens-clearing: themarginalian.org/2021/07/2…
"Productivity is a trap. Becoming more efficient just makes you more rushed, and trying to clear the decks simply makes them fill up again faster… The day will never arrive when you finally have everything under control…"
Escaping the trap of efficiency – an antidote to the modern psychological pandemic of feeling like there is never enough time themarginalian.org/2021/12/2…
"The more you try to manage your time with the goal of achieving a feeling of total control… the more stressful, empty, and frustrating life gets."
Andrey Paramonov retweeted
It's amazing to me that after all this time, almost all media coverage of Telegram still refers to it as an "encrypted messenger."
Telegram has a lot of compelling features, but in terms of privacy and data collection, there is no worse choice. Here's how it actually works:
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Andrey Paramonov retweeted
Carl Sagan returned his borrowed stardust to the universe 25 years ago today, leaving us his timeless cosmic perspective – and his ever-timely Baloney Detection Kit for critical thinking: themarginalian.org/2014/01/0…
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Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
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“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” — Blaise Pascal
Andrey Paramonov retweeted
“Today, this moment, was a statistical improbability a year ago. Yet here we are. Life is a long unbroken chain of the improbable, which, despite the odds, will probably keep going.”
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When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
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Naturally coloured eggs showing the variations produced by different chicken breeds.
Andrey Paramonov retweeted
“If I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”
Darwin's greatest regret and his deathbed reflection on what makes life worth living themarginalian.org/2021/11/2…
