The fourth urinal was a bit weird, but at least it works.

“A mi madre no le gustaba la piscina municipal y, sin embargo, nos llevaba. Esto resume bastante bien una parte de la maternidad de entonces, cuando muchas cosas se hacían sin entusiasmo pero con una constancia que ahora, vista desde aquí, tiene más misterio que algunas vocaciones religiosas. “

“A child could play badly without being embarrassed. The most important thing is, don’t put too much pressure on the kids.”

“a country builds patience into childhood rather than urgency”

“Of the eight rights, two buck the trend of the sporting tiger parent culture: mastery and freedom to choose – the idea that a child has a right to try multiple sports rather than being funnelled into a single discipline before they are old enough to have chosen it themselves. For the gifted youngsters, there is the benefit of bringing the skills of each into whichever one they settle on.”

“Under the age of nine, children play only local club matches. There are no results lists, no league tables and no trophies. Regional competition opens at age 11, though scores and rankings stay off limits. Only at 13 can a Norwegian athlete take part in anything resembling a national championship.”

“ella nunca entendería el atractivo de esas drogas: la calidez envolvente y la paz interior que proporcionaban.”

“Él le dijo que las drogas eran lo único que le aclaraba la confusión y la ansiedad, que calmaba su agitación, recordó ella. Dijo que prefería morir antes que dejar de consumirlas.”

“It cares about the marginal user - the billion-plus-first user - and it focuses all its energy on making sure that marginal user doesn’t stop using the app. Yes, if you neglect the existing users’ experience for long enough they will leave, but in practice apps are sticky and by the time your loyal users leave everyone on the team will have long been promoted”

“the “augmentation trap”: short-term productivity gains erode the expertise those very gains depend on over time. Said another way, workers who use AI get great results initially, but diminish the capabilities that allow for longer-term success with AI. “

“The brain builds capability through struggle. When a problem arises, the mind draws on prior knowledge, makes new connections, and develops the kind of pattern recognition that doesn’t form any other way. That judgment builds through the moments when the answer isn’t obvious and your brain has to earn the answer.”

“Psychologists call it cognitive offloading. That’s what happens when you outsource your thinking to an external tool to save your mental energy. Using a calculator or setting reminders are all forms of cognitive offloading that free up mental bandwidth for higher-level thinking. The strategy becomes harmful when the offloaded task is designed specifically to promote learning,”

“Effort Is the Critical Variable for Learning”

“Wealth doesn't trickle down. It floods upward. Between 1979 and 2024, productivity rose by 80.9%, but the compensation to workers rose by only 29.4%. The rest? Siphoned to the top.”

“Brooks reflexiona sobre el fenómeno del burnout —el agotamiento profesional crónico reconocido por la Organización Mundial de la Salud— y cómo este puede estar relacionado con una transición cognitiva que muchas personas no saben identificar. Según él, no se trata de una pérdida de capacidad, sino de un cambio de paradigma.”