Intangible and Unquantifiable

May just write short blips more often. Like below.

Background: I have some numbers background, as much as a Berkeley undergrad Math degree can be, and even if my math is relatively pretty sketchy, I’ve always liked that which is undefined. These thoughts stem from comparing and contrasting quantifiable and that which isn’t so.

/ Had a few thoughts circulate recently…

“Why would you go to a library to read/study when you can study in the comfort of your own home…5 feet away from your kitchen and food, in peace and quiet, easy to access charging outlets, etc.”

“Why would you go to a park to read, dealing with the wind, pollen, sun glaring down on you making you feel hot or cold or both, with people walking around talking, when you can read in peace and quiet?”

“Why a coffee shop, which is loud, busy, hard to find open tables and plugs, and uncomfy tables and chairs, when you can lay in your bed or couch?”

Obvious answer is wanting to be around public spaces and enjoy all of what that is. Specifically that $intangible$ vibe.

A bookstore feels like something intangible. Books, words, knowledge, thoughts, opinions, ‘bookkeepers’. A cafe or coffee shop with freshly baked bread and scentful coffee beans. A park with children’s laughter, fresh sun, and grass and trees willowing in the wind.

$Intangible$. Vibe.

/ Increasingly concerned about how one’s experience with the world lays somewhere on this scale of 0-100%…when all experience and perspective and the drawbacks and mental blocks one has with having their entire life (aka 100%) is only exposed to only 5%, 10%, maybe 20% of what is really “out there”. Your entire life is just a slice of the greater pie.

Counter argument is “It’s ok they’ve only been exposed to 25%, because what if their life path is to be contained in that 25%, and never venture out into the 75%. That 25% absolutely becomes 100% relatively”.

Sure…but should you actively expand to 30, 40, 50%? Sure.
80, 90, 100%? Depends.
Diminishing returns?

This relates back to having bias and missing perspective. Does it make sense to figure out how to accelerate you learning either…

the entirety of your slice of the pie (i.e., going from 20% to 40% understanding of your 10% section of the pie)

trying to grow your world to be a bigger slice of the pie (i.e., growing your 10% of the pie to 15 or 20% of the entire pie).

tl;dr A lot of life is intangible and unquantifiable but so…vibey. Also thinking about growing your perspective?

Cheers,

Vish

Published on June 7, 2023.