Framework Thinking

We never think about thinking, metacognition, they call it. Its something that has stuck with me for a really really long time since I first heard about it about 15 years ago  Then I heard Amin Toufaani taking about Lygometry, the quantification of what one does not know. What a cool name, Toofani, what a cool name, lygometry.  Now the two things are together in my mind, lygometric approach to thinking should be something taught at schools and beyond. Everywhere someone is teaching something we should teach them what we do not know, so they understand how to think about things that dont make sense to anyone. Why is this important, well Toufaani suggests (and i agree with him here) that knowing what you do not know allows one to be creative in finding solutions to open ended problems And then again I find this interesting, since my entire life has been open ended problems, which I now realize, I need to be able to think about and solve, should I ever want to rid myself of the c...
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Thought Experiment

 



I was 17 when I had my first car accident


Behind the wheel since 13, not encouraged, but not uncommon for Pakistan, it took 4 years. Rowdy boys packed into the car, music on blast, yelling a lot of noise was the recipe. And then boom


It wasn't a big accident, just a fender bender, but enough to depress me for the rest of the evening. It was a new car, how was I going to explain it to my parents


I got home and remember being super scared, sliding through the font door I found my grandfather sitting in the living room, he captured my face and asked what was wrong. Nervously, I explained what had happened


His response was simple, almost nonchalant "Things are made to be used, they get damaged and they break. It is a consequence of living"


I stopped. He was generally very had on me, so this came as a surprise


Its been a while since his passing, but to this day I sit and ponder. Each syllable was etched wisdom from his years. That was the day I truly felt he had lived a long life 


Things happen, life happens, to you and I. But it really is how we respond to it at the end of the day that determines how we feel and how we make those around us feel. And as Ive said before, people remember how you make them feel


Sure in the heat of the moment you might have a lot to say, and so its important to take a step back and maybe respond when you're more rational, to yourself and to others


A thought experiment I like to do at times is imagining myself at the age of 80, looking back at the situation I'm going through, and asking my younger self, did it matter that much in the long run? 


Usually the answer is no

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