#intelligence #mind #knowledge #epistemology
# [[Epistemic status]]
#shower-thought
# Deep work
[[Hard work]] let's call it play instead.
**Deep work** is done during [[Think week]]s, or whenever you want, but it's better to [[Sprints are more efficient than marathons|sprint and rest than run marathons and crash]].
What people do not understand is that humans are exposed to much more [[Information|information]] since [[The Internet]] and [[Computing|computer]]s, but building these [[Computing|computer]]s made us realise that the human [[Mind|mind]] is not so different from an artificial [[Computing|computer]], and that you are limited in computing power. If you have a [[Mind|mind]] full of [[Information|information]] you will not be able to process what you want efficiently, when you RAM is full, you are slow!!
Deep work is about wearing earplugs, only receiving [[Information|information]] aligned with your sprint goal, nothing else, [[Via Negativa|Less is more]]
Solving hard problems is fun when you have a slightly wide understanding of the world.
System 2, non-[[Monkey Brain]]
## Definition
Long focused intellectual activity
[[Sigmund Freud]] would go into [[Think week]], alone, that's a fucking deep work.
### Time restriction
- rather "do X in 2 hours" than "today I'll do X"
### Information restriction
- from the moment you wake up, [[Via Negativa|less information might be more performance]], depending on the task to achieve
- remove [[Noise|noise]]
- use app blockers, disable all devices, wear earplugs if necessary
- look the ground if going outside (homogeneous patterns, no new [[Information|information]])
### Examples
- Pushing [[Compound Knowledge]] further (math, physics...)
- [[Philosophy/Innovation]]
- [[Programming|coding]]
# Shallow work
![[Shallow work]]