How to Think: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught
How to Think: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught
No skill is more valuable and harder to come by than the ability to critically think through problems. And schools don’t teach you a method of thinking. It’s one of those things that can be learned but can’t be taught. When it comes to thinking and making decisions the mind has an optimal way to be operated. When operated correctly you’ll find yourself with plenty of free time. When operated incorrectly, most of your time will be consumed correcting mistakes.
Good initial decisions pay dividends for years, allowing you abundant free time and low stress. Poor decisions, on the other hand, consume time, increase anxiety, and drain us of energy.
But how can we learn how to think?
For the answer we turn to Solitude and Leadership, a lecture given by William Deresiewicz. The entire essay is worth reading (and re-reading). https://fs.blog/great-talks/solitude-and-leadership/
Learning How To Think
Let’s start with how you don’t learn to think. A study by a team of researchers at Stanford came out a couple of months ago. The investigators wanted to figure out how today’s college students were able to multitask so much more effectively than adults. How do they manage to do it, the researchers asked? The answer, they discovered—and this is by no means what they expected—is that they don’t. The enhanced cognitive abilities the investigators expected to find, the mental faculties that enable people to multitask effectively, were simply not there. In other words, people do not multitask effectively.
And here’s the really surprising finding: the more people multitask, the worse they are, not just at other mental abilities, but at multitasking itself. One thing that made the study different from others is that the researchers didn’t test people’s cognitive functions while they were multitasking. They separated the subject group into high multitaskers and low multitaskers and used a different set of tests to measure the kinds of cognitive abilities involved in multitasking.
They found that in every case the high multitaskers scored worse. They were worse at distinguishing between relevant and irrelevant information and ignoring the latter. In other words, they were more distractible.
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How Did Swift Become A Bargaining Chip In Washington's Hands?
Information/Baghdad... Expert and strategic analyst Qasim Qasir confirmed on Thursday that the US administration continues its policy of economic blackmail and systematic financial piracy against countries and peoples who reject its policies of hegemony and arrogance. He pointed out that Washington has transformed the global financial system, the SWIFT system, and the dollar into tools of war and pressure to punish anyone who opposes its dictates and dubious agendas.
Ariel: Do you Know What was Just Announced?
9-25-2026
Do You Know What Was Just Announced?
Translation: This is Iraq’s official invite to American banks to plug directly into its financial system, which ends the isolation that kept the dinar suppressed and unlocks foreign capital inflows that can only settle at a market-reflective rate.
Friday Coffee with MarkZ. 09/25/2026
Some highlights by PDK-Not verbatim
MarkZ Disclaimer: Please consider everything on this call as my opinion. People who take notes do not catch everything and its best to watch the video so that you get everything in context. Be sure to consult a professional for any financial decisions
MZ: The Un meetings and Zaidi being in the US is bringing us a lot of news.
GP Q: Currency Watch as of 24th September 2026
9-24-2026
Currency Watch — 24 September 2026
Facts only.
Settlement rails ≠ a revaluation.
Europe — Pontes is live
On 21 September the Eurosystem switched on Pontes:
wholesale trades in tokenised assets can now settle in central-bank money, not just bank deposits or stablecoins.
Emailed to Recaps~Thank you David
Reset Intelligence: Iraq Invites America's Banks.
By Reset Intelligence | @EXIT_FIAT
Iraq's Prime Minister told a table of American banks why Iraq's banks have been weak: too little connection to the world's banks, American banks above all. Then he asked them in.
The same day, the US handed Iraq its diplomatic post at Baghdad's airport. Soldiers out, bankers invited.
Good Morning Dinar Recaps,
IRAN RESET WATCH: TEHRAN OFFERS 7-DAY PATH TO REOPEN HORMUZ AND RESTART PEACE TALKS
Iran’s proposed seven-day roadmap could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart broader negotiations, creating a potential pathway toward lower energy and trade pressures across the global economy.
Who Decides What Gold Is Worth? How Gold Prices Are Determined
Catherine Brock Yahoo Personal Finance
The price of gold can be quoted in multiple forms because the precious metal is traded in different ways. The two main gold prices that investors should know about are spot prices and gold futures prices.
The Spot Price
The spot price of gold is the current market price per ounce for physical gold as a raw material, sometimes called spot gold. Gold ETFs that are backed by physical gold assets generally track the gold spot price.
Rob Cunningham: The Truth Protocol Wins
9-23-2026
THE TRUTH PROTOCOL WINS
When global leaders adopt absolute, exacting, neutral and non-negotiable standards of truth, the world does not need one blockchain, one currency, one corporation or one nation to control the future.
The STANDARD wins – not any one protocol or blockchain.
KTFA
Thursday Night Video
FRANK26….9-24-26…..LET’S GET IT ON
This video is in Frank’s and his team’s opinion only
Frank’s team is Walkingstick, Eddie and Omar in Iraq and guests
Playback Number: 605-313-5163 PIN: 156996#
Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps,
GLOBAL BOND RESET WATCH: U.S. 30-YEAR YIELD HITS 22-YEAR HIGH AS GLOBAL DEBT MARKETS COME UNDER PRESSURE
Rising long-term borrowing costs in the United States and other major economies are putting renewed pressure on government debt, inflation expectations and the financial system built around global bonds.
House Passes Common Cents Bill
Lynne Marek Lead Editor Published Sept. 16, 2026 Dive Brief
The bill officially ends minting of pennies and allows merchants to round to the nearest nickel, though the coins are already out of production.
The penny, which has been in circulation since 1793, will officially be discontinued for general circulation under the proposed Common Cents Act.
Penny’s End Poses Rounding Challenge
Published July 16, 2026 Justin Bachman Senior Reporter
Merchants press for passage of a bill to enact rounding standards as cash-handling businesses grapple with the cent’s gradual demise. Businesses would gain new guidelines for rounding transactions if the government gradually phases out the U.S. penny under legislation Congress is considering.
The Common Cents Act, which passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday, enacts formal guidelines for businesses to round tabs to the nearest 5 cents as the U.S. gradually retires the penny.
The Currency Reset is imminent: “This Will Be Very Serious”: Alasdair Macleod
Liberty and Finance: 9-23-2026
Alasdair Macleod warns that escalating Middle East tensions could trigger a far broader economic shock through fuel, shipping, food, and global logistics disruptions. He argues that shortages of diesel, kerosene, and ship fuel could drive essential prices sharply higher while simultaneously pushing economies toward recession.
Macleod also warns that foreign demand for U.S. Treasuries could weaken just as Washington faces massive refinancing needs, potentially creating a debt trap and higher bond yields.
Bill Holter: Higher Rates will Pop that Bubble
USA Watchdog/Greg Hunter : 9-23-2026
Financial writer and precious metals expert Bill Holter (aka Mr. Gold) has warned for years about what happens in the end when a debt bubble pops. Mr. Gold explains, “This bubble is like any other bubble in mankind’s history.
In the 1920s, credit was extremely easy. When credit tightened, it was the wealth effect in reverse. We saw this again in the early 1970s. We saw this again in the 1987 crash.
Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps,
DIGITAL DOLLAR RESET WATCH: FED PROPOSES NEW STABLECOIN RULES UNDER GENIUS ACT
The Federal Reserve is moving to establish the regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, bringing digital dollar infrastructure closer to the regulated banking system.