Infinite Loops

What Infinite Loops Says About Writing

14 episodes about writing

Key Insights on Writing

Through microprogression training, Tijin went from basic counting to completing 57 college units and writing essays

  • Hebrew writing shows consequences through narrative patterns rather than immediate moral commentary
  • Modern biology has three new technology classes: better sequencing for reading, neural networks for thinking, and CRISPR for writing - creating "a new kind of Turing loop"
  • Most entrepreneurial fears are 'false evidence appearing real' - writing down worst-case scenarios reveals 90% are completely unreasonable
  • In The Daily Stoic Journal 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living, Holiday emphasizes that our intentions cannot be impeded.
  • The memoir took 20 years to complete, evolving from academic writing style to novelistic 'show don't tell' approach with greater honesty about family complexities
  • Being Green broke all children's songwriting rules by having no end rhymes, unlike typical songs that rhyme everything
  • Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and became a New York Times bestseller, exploring how a baby hare transformed pandemic isolation into profound connection with nature

Episodes

Gretchen Rubin - How Curiosity Becomes a Calling (Ep. 320)

Gretchen Rubin - How Curiosity Becomes a Calling (Ep. 320)

Ben Cohen - The Hidden Art of Making Things Better (Ep. 319)

Ben Cohen - The Hidden Art of Making Things Better (Ep. 319)

Chelsea Follett - Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule (Ep. 315)

Chelsea Follett - Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule (Ep. 315)

Danielle Crittenden - Dispatches from Grief (Ep. 313)

Danielle Crittenden - Dispatches from Grief (Ep. 313)

Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)

Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)

Brian Potter - How to Fix America's Building Problem

Brian Potter - How to Fix America's Building Problem

Sam Arbesman - Why Future Belongs to Curious People (Ep. 309)

Sam Arbesman - Why Future Belongs to Curious People (Ep. 309)

Polina Pompliano - What Truly Drives Successful People (Ep. 307)

Polina Pompliano - What Truly Drives Successful People (Ep. 307)

Adam Mastroianni - Why Creativity Feels Like It's Dying (Ep. 306)

Adam Mastroianni - Why Creativity Feels Like It's Dying (Ep. 306)

Angus Fletcher - The Biggest Mistake We Made About Intelligence (Ep. 304)

Angus Fletcher - The Biggest Mistake We Made About Intelligence (Ep. 304)

Jonathan Tepper - Growing Up in the Heroin Capital of Europe (Ep. 303)

Jonathan Tepper - Growing Up in the Heroin Capital of Europe (Ep. 303)

Paul Millerd & Jimmy Soni β€” The Creative Opportunities of a Boring Life (EP. 302)

Paul Millerd & Jimmy Soni β€” The Creative Opportunities of a Boring Life (EP. 302)

TomΓ‘s Pueyo β€” Explaining the World Through Geography, History and Data (EP. 297)

TomΓ‘s Pueyo β€” Explaining the World Through Geography, History and Data (EP. 297)

Todd Rose β€” Escaping the Trap of the Standard Path (EP.290)

Todd Rose β€” Escaping the Trap of the Standard Path (EP.290)

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