Anne-Laure Le CunffPreviously: Google, Entrepreneur FirstFounder, Ness Labs@anthilemoon on TwitterCollaborated OnReportDon’t Waste the RebootMaking the next normal better than the last oneLead editors: Paul Millerd & Venkatesh RaoPublished: April 30th, 2020 UTC / Day 45 Pandemic Mean TimeWritings202408 Jan: The Power of Personal Experiments202327 Dec: The Science of Learning to Let Go26 Dec: Neuroenergetics: The Brain’s Energy Budgeting System22 Dec: Think with AI: How to Use a Custom GPT as a Thinking Partner22 Dec: Tutorial: How to Build a Custom GPT with OpenAI’s GPT Builder21 Dec: 2023 Year in Review: Of Ambition and Aliveness11 Dec: The science of decision-making: why smart people do dumb things06 Dec: How to better remember what you read20 Nov: Building your mental gym23 Oct: The Science of Brainstorming: How to Effectively Generate New Ideas09 Oct: Some hard truths about soft skills04 Oct: Design Better Habits, Routines, and Rituals with the Intentionality Curve26 Sep: Is it burnout or boreout?21 Sep: Writing is a thinking tool11 Sep: Self-Anthropology: Become your own anthropologist with personal field notes07 Sep: You Don’t Need to Choose24 Aug: Interoceptive Journaling21 Aug: Interoception: The hidden ‘sixth sense’08 Aug: Mindful context switching: multitasking for humans27 Jul: Stop looking for The One: The Inverted Pyramid of Life13 Jul: Turning Fear of Failure into Increments of Curiosity28 Jun: The false promise of the 10,000 hour rule202222 Dec: 2022 year in review: wander and wonder05 Dec: Deliberate doubt: the art of questioning our assumptions24 Nov: Reopening the mind: how cognitive closure kills creative thinking17 Nov: Connect all your workflows with Michael Dubakov, CEO of Fibery16 Nov: The Uncertain Mind: How the Brain Handles the Unknown08 Nov: AI and I: The Age of Artificial Creativity03 Nov: Use timeboxing to regain calmness and control with Marie Ng, founder of Llama Life02 Nov: The default effect: why we renounce our ability to choose20 Oct: Everything is aiming: forget the target and focus on your aim13 Oct: Bridging chaos and coordination with Cara Borenstein, co-founder of Stashpad06 Oct: Getting everyone on the same page with Michael Villar, founder of Height05 Oct: How to turn problems into a curiosity engine28 Sep: Chaos surfing: from surviving to thriving in chaotic times15 Sep: Building thoughtful communities with Sid Yadav, co-founder of Circle08 Sep: From inspiration to idea sex: how to generate ideas on demand29 Aug: Metacognition: the mind’s Swiss Army knife25 Aug: Building an infopunk’s digital garden with Ida Josefiina, co-founder of Sane19 Aug: Liminal Creativity15 Aug: Creative aliveness: turning life into a creative adventure07 Jul: Creating scalable knowledge spaces with Heiko Haller, co-founder of Infinity Maps30 Jun: Unshackling knowledge management with Samiur Rahman, co-founder of Heyday23 Jun: Cognitive bottlenecks: the inherent limits of the thinking mind16 Jun: How to access paywalled research papers without institutional access09 Jun: Get smarter everyday with Vladimir Oane, founder of Deepstash26 May: Building an extension of your mind with Tobias van Schneider, co-founder of mymind19 May: Planning your intentions and ambitions with Ashutosh Priyadarshy, founder of Sunsama12 May: Self-organized knowledge management with George Levin, CEO of Hints05 May: Control your time to free your mind with Nunzio Martinello, founder of Akiflow03 May: Weak arguments and how to spot them27 Apr: The TEA framework of productivity: managing your time, energy, and attention21 Apr: Unlocking the power of less with Francesco D’Alessio, creator of Bento20 Apr: How to design a sustainable workplace at home and in the office14 Apr: Building your digital legacy with Kazuki Nakayashiki, co-founder of Glasp06 Apr: Making time for what matters with the co-founders of Agenda31 Mar: What is neurodiversity?24 Mar: Productivity addiction: when we become obsessed with productivity15 Mar: How to become a brain myth buster10 Mar: Creating your web of knowledge with Scrintal03 Mar: Creating the perfect hybrid work space with Craig Doig, co-founder of Markee24 Feb: Scaling peer-to-peer learning with Jennifer Smith, founder of Scribe17 Feb: Nurturing thoughtful relationships with the co-founders of Clay10 Feb: Augmenting product work with Rishank Pandey, co-founder of Workduck03 Feb: Exploring the power of augmented intentionality with Welf von Hören, founder of Potential27 Jan: Fostering authentic relationships in distributed teams with the co-founder of Remotion20 Jan: From knowledge-management to knowledge-creation with the founders of RemNote13 Jan: The art and science of abstract thinking11 Jan: Attentional bias: the invisible puppeteer behind our decisions06 Jan: Become more calm and conscious with Kai Koch, co-founder of Ahead202116 Dec: 2021 year in review: making friends with fear15 Dec: Designing a better reading experience with Ben Springwater, co-founder of Matter09 Dec: Redefining knowledge management with Kevin Lin, founder of Dendron06 Dec: How to measure meaning in life02 Dec: Living and working outside your inbox with the co-founder of Mailman25 Nov: Building a social knowledge base with Dmitriy Fabrikant, founder of Knovigator18 Nov: Take control over your smartphone usage with Jorn Rigter, co-founder of Unpluq11 Nov: Making the most of your memories with Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Personal.ai10 Nov: An introduction to applied neuroscience03 Nov: How to manage “Can I pick your brain?” requests28 Oct: Get the most out of what you read with Daniel Doyon, co-founder of Readwise25 Oct: The forgetting curve: the science of how fast we forget21 Oct: Understand your brain patterns with Ariel Garten, founder of Muse18 Oct: Distance learning, e-learning, online learning, or virtual learning?14 Oct: Solving the biggest productivity bottleneck with Richie Bonilla, co-founder of Clarity29 Sep: How to improve your relationship with your phone16 Sep: Focus, relax, and sleep with Endel09 Sep: Reducing information anxiety with the founder of Joggo02 Sep: Building a latticework of mental models with ModelThinkers18 Aug: The MoSCoW method of prioritization11 Aug: Emotional exhaustion: a leading indicator of burnout10 Aug: Eliminating bias in online education with the founder of Learnopoly06 Aug: Exploring the power of note-making with the co-founder of Obsidian29 Jul: Building a swarm of thoughts with the founders of Napkin22 Jul: How to quantify our focus with the founder of Rize21 Jul: The rise of fake scientists15 Jul: Is there a perfect productivity system?14 Jul: Protected: Taking back control of our time with the co-founder of Hera08 Jul: The willpower paradox: when confident self-talk becomes counterproductive07 Jul: Building a knowledge garden with Kosmik29 Jun: Not-to-do list: a conscious way to break bad habits28 Jun: The psychology of revenge bedtime procrastination24 Jun: An ode to slowness: the benefits of slowing down22 Jun: Building a healthier internet with Jeremy Hurst, co-founder of Idenati16 Jun: Should we really focus on one thing at a time?14 Jun: Negative capability: how to embrace intellectual uncertainty09 Jun: Procrastination triggers: eight reasons why you procrastinate08 Jun: The Praise Paradox: when well-intended words backfire02 Jun: The framing effect: how the way information is framed impacts our decisions25 May: Hotkeys: how to customize your shortcuts in Roam Research20 May: Building an infinite canvas for your thoughts with Julia Pierce, Director at Scapple20 May: Decision fatigue: how a burden of choices leads to irrational trade-offs13 May: Exploring the power of mind mapping with Michael Hollauf, co-founder of Meister11 May: The Seven Sins of Memory06 May: Egocentric bias: why we feel like the main character in our own movie03 May: Roam versus Notion: which one is best for you?26 Apr: Unbounded learning: how to unshackle your education23 Apr: Learning through your ears with Yehoshua Zlotogorski, founder of Alpe Audio20 Apr: Declinism: how rosy retrospection impacts decision-making19 Apr: Are you a taker, a giver, or a matcher?15 Apr: The Barnum Effect: why we love astrology and personality tests14 Apr: Write things down and get them done with Amplenote07 Apr: Taste: why we like what we like06 Apr: 90 journaling prompts to spark new personal insights01 Apr: Free your thoughts with the founders of Supernotes31 Mar: The power of simplicity: how to manage our complexity bias25 Mar: Musturbation: the irrational demand for perfection24 Mar: The three types of burnout16 Mar: The mindful productivity audit: 10 questions to improve your well-being at work12 Mar: Building the world’s most customizable workspace with Ivan Zhao, co-founder of Notion11 Mar: The fallacy of “what gets measured gets managed”09 Mar: When to use pages, tags, or attributes in Roam Research?04 Mar: Anxious for no apparent reason? It may be time to press “reset”03 Mar: The educational and economic necessity of lifelong learning25 Feb: The problem with work-life balance24 Feb: The Semmelweis Reflex: when current beliefs trump new knowledge17 Feb: The ambidextrous mindset: how to balance exploration and exploitation16 Feb: Nootropics, adaptogens, brain foods… What the heck is going on?11 Feb: The Diderot Effect: why we buy things we don’t need10 Feb: 9 useful templates for Roam Research09 Feb: Sophrosyne: the art of mindful moderation04 Feb: Navigating the mind: 40 major fields of psychology and neuroscience03 Feb: The benefits of stretching: why your body needs to move02 Feb: The Nirvana fallacy: when perfectionism leads to unrealistic solutions28 Jan: Why do we need to be right?27 Jan: Jootsing: the art of jumping out of the system26 Jan: Behind the scenes: how to start a website as an online creator21 Jan: Creative burnout: when the creativity tap runs dry20 Jan: Overcoming learned helplessness19 Jan: Emotional fitness and leadership with Dr. Emily Anhalt14 Jan: From note-taking to note-making13 Jan: Creating habits: how long does it take to form a habit?12 Jan: 5 thinking tools to add to your metacognitive toolbox07 Jan: Scaling down: on seeking fewer goals, relationships, and experiences06 Jan: The butterfly effect: the impact of deterministic chaos on our lives05 Jan: How to use templates in Roam Research [[roam/templates]]202016 Dec: 2020 year in review: chaos and community16 Dec: Activation energy: the chemistry of getting started15 Dec: Holiday gift guide for the curious minds10 Dec: Curiosity and consistency: thoughts on growing a newsletter09 Dec: Selective ignorance: cultivating intentional knowledge in a chaotic world08 Dec: The difference between efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency03 Dec: The benefits of laziness: why being a lazy person can be good for you02 Dec: JavaScript plugins for Roam Research [[roam/js]]01 Dec: High-leverage activities: how to identify your energy multipliers26 Nov: Textual maps and the future of text25 Nov: Productivity and permaculture with Marie Poulin24 Nov: Inductive versus deductive reasoning: how to make stronger arguments19 Nov: How to upload and play audio files in Roam Research18 Nov: Lethologica: what happens when a word is on the tip of the tongue17 Nov: Memory bias: how selective recall can impact your memories11 Nov: Exaggeration: why we make a mountain out of a molehill10 Nov: Altered states of consciousness: the elusiveness of the mind09 Nov: Interview: Building an anti-regret machine with Tyler Bryden04 Nov: How to take notes while reading a book04 Nov: Personal values: how knowing yourself can guide your actions03 Nov: Interview: Using books to navigate life with Juvoni Beckford29 Oct: Building an antilibrary: the power of unread books28 Oct: Hindsight bias: the knew-it-all-along phenomenon26 Oct: Interview: Collective intelligence with Alexandra Elbakyan22 Oct: The state of personal knowledge management21 Oct: The hermeneutic circle: a key to critical reading20 Oct: Jumping to conclusions: the inference-observation confusion14 Oct: Connected Papers: a visual tool for academic research13 Oct: Survivorship bias: when failure gets forgotten12 Oct: Time is not a measure of productivity08 Oct: How to practice nuanced thinking07 Oct: The collective brain: where does innovation come from?05 Oct: The best CSS themes for Roam Research30 Sep: Semantic traps: why vague words are risky29 Sep: How to build diagrams in Roam Research28 Sep: The power of flexible consistency24 Sep: Negativity bias: how negative experiences cloud our judgement23 Sep: Networked thinking: a quiet cognitive revolution17 Sep: How to think better16 Sep: The science of deliberate practice14 Sep: How to set up your own digital garden10 Sep: The two sides of stress: distress and eustress09 Sep: The only numbers that matter08 Sep: Pressure and procrastination27 Aug: The empathy gap: why we underestimate the influence of emotions25 Aug: Structured distraction: how to make the most of your breaks at work24 Aug: Idea evaluation: the other side of the creativity coin20 Aug: From productivity porn to mindful productivity19 Aug: The planning fallacy: why we underestimate how long a task will take19 Aug: How to choose the right note-taking app13 Aug: Systematic inventive thinking: the power of thinking inside the box12 Aug: The mindful productivity guide to intermittent fasting10 Aug: Constructive criticism: how to give and receive feedback06 Aug: Pre-mortem: how to anticipate failure with prospective hindsight04 Aug: How to take a replenishing vacation (or staycation)03 Aug: The rational benefits of emotions23 Jul: How to evaluate the validity and reliability of your mental models22 Jul: GPT-3 and the future of human productivity21 Jul: Temporal discounting: the battle between present and future self16 Jul: From closed mind to open mind15 Jul: The Dunning–Kruger effect: you don’t know what you don’t know14 Jul: Investing into the unknown with Lawrence Yeo09 Jul: Managing risk with the NASA Risk Matrix07 Jul: Fail like a scientist03 Jul: 50 lessons I learned from writing 50 newsletters02 Jul: Inner child and inner critic: a battle for creativity01 Jul: Quote the web with Quotebacks29 Jun: Creative challenges with Alyssa X25 Jun: Creating calm: how to manage stress24 Jun: From inspiration to idea sex: how to generate ideas on demand22 Jun: The power of the weekly review18 Jun: The art and science of mind wandering17 Jun: Browser extensions for Roam Research16 Jun: From mental map to mental atlas10 Jun: As we may die04 Jun: Roam themes: how to style Roam Research with custom CSS03 Jun: Mental wealth: managing you mental health budget28 May: Productive cognitive load: make the most of your working memory27 May: Thinking in maps: from the Lascaux caves to modern knowledge graphs25 May: How to build a support group22 May: Collectors to Creators Meetup Notes21 May: The anatomy of a perfect educational article20 May: The Goldilocks Principle of Stress and Anxiety18 May: Mindful productivity and neuroscience14 May: Connectedness and complex systems with Dr John L. Collins13 May: Dr John L. Collins Biography12 May: How to take smart notes11 May: Writing as a thinking tool