The IBD/TIPP poll gained even more recognition when it correctly predicted the 2016 US Presidential Election. And it also correctly called the 2020 Presidential Election. Not the only ones, but they certainly got everyone’s attention with those two.

September 24, 2023 resources polls ibd tipp 2016 2020 Presidential election unlinked

Here’s a handy online IP calculator that I’ve used for a long time.

September 24, 2023 resources IP calculator

Books and Documentaries I’d like to start, finish, or revisit:

  • Change is the Only Constant
  • Designing the Mind
  • A Second Brain
  • The PARA Method
  • How the South Won the Civil War
  • The Specter of Race
  • Productivity is for Robots
  • Big Feelings
  • Bring the War Home
  • The Devil You Know
  • Factfulness
  • Thinking in Systems
  • Learn to Think in Systems
  • Deviate
  • Peak
  • Mindware
  • The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina
  • Original Sin: Sex (documentary series)
  • The Politico Article: Why Western democracy faces a nightmare made online
  • Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself
  • The Black Swan

September 24, 2023 projects resources books movies documentaries

I need to make plans for my wedding anniversary celebration. Not just for this one coming up, but start thinking ahead annually — year after year.

For this year:

  • get the gift(s)
  • make dinner plans
  • find some activities to do (museum?) (any interesting night life scenes)
  • find places to stay (hotel availability?)
  • get groomed (Tuesday evening, perhaps)
  • Any gift themes for this anniverary year?

For next year:

  • plan ahead for any travel
  • save / budget for travel and gift expenses
  • Consider Art Festival in South Carolina? for next year

September 24, 2023 projects areas

Zettel 202308210022 : CODE and PARA

Tiago Forte proposes two approaches to dealing with information abundance in today’s digital age.

He proposes CODE — Collect, Organize, Distill, and Express. He says that this methodology ultimately helps you create a commonbook of knowledge for yourself. And this can become like a second brain.

The next method he proposes is PARA — Projects, Areas (of responsibility), Resources, and Archives. Forte says that we should organize all digital information into those four categories. He says doing so will make us more productive. We will cut out unnecessary categories that actually impead us. Unnecessary categories separate important pieces of information. This makes it harder for us to form connections. Consolidating information to only these four categories will connect the pieces of information that really matter to us.

I am interested in how I can merge these ideas into this Zettelkasten.

He has two books that I’ll consider reading:

  • Building a Second Brain
  • The PARA Method

August 21, 2023

My Mindsight Exercise 19

Security and health. Commitment, relationships, and leisure are more important lifestyle components for me. I don’t desire adventure or diverse experiences. And I don’t want to sacrifice the few close relationships that I have to endless work.

But my spouse needs diverse experiences.

So, I may need to compromise my desire for stability to keep a happy relationship with my wife.

Back to the Mindsight Index

January 2, 2023