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Misery Index

Shawn Conn — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 04:54:20 +0000

Misery Index

To start 2018, I've made a resolution of maximizing my own happiness.

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Return

Shawn Conn — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:53:26 +0000

After a year hiatus I've returned. This post is going to be somewhat short; I'm using it to tie continuity between what's happened in the last year and the following posts which will be a 2 month travel blog.

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Absolute Time, Relative Experience

Shawn Conn — Mon, 09 May 2011 04:58:18 +0000

Absolute Time, Relative Experience

It's been a while since another post. There are many topics that I have cached that I'd like to write on. If it weren't for the troubling aspect of so many things eating at my free time, you'd see more posts on here. I'm not sure there are many readers on here anyway, I've noticed the traffic has slowed down to very little these days. Partly because Google hasn't been indexing the site correctly which I fixed not too long ago. I'm sure the sporadic updates are another reason. So be it; there's not much I can do it about it.

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Change

Shawn Conn — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:39:35 +0000

Change

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Nothing endures but change.

The World in Numbers

Shawn Conn — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:12:56 +0000

The World in Numbers

I just finished reading an interesting book called The Logic of Life. Much in the same manner of Freakonomics, the book covers a number of various insights gathered from academics in the field of behavioral economics. The book does a good job of explaining some big concepts in the field without going into too much jargon. Like with Freakonomics and its summary of The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime (argues that the significant drop in crime in the 90's was the result of Roe v.

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The Human Mind

Shawn Conn — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:42:46 +0000

The Human Mind

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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.

Interesting Life

Shawn Conn — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:20:45 +0000

Interesting Life

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The way to an interesting life is to stay on the steep part of the learning curve

Can't Think Of A Better Way Than To Say Self-Reflecting

Shawn Conn — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:49:29 +0000

Can't Think Of A Better Way Than To Say Self-Reflecting

It seems like all I ever blog about these days is odd-ball metaphysical, meta-cognition, arm chair philosphy stuff. As much as I love talking and writing about that, I'll change it up...This time, I'll start off with some candor about my life, ramble on about some other subject, then I'll blog about some odd-ball metaphysical stuff. Sounds good? Let's beginning.

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One Dimension of Thought

Shawn Conn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:35:37 +0000

One Dimension of Thought

I'm getting near 30 years old. It sure doesn't feel like it. My mind feels as sharp—no—actually more sharper than it's ever been. I'm more aware of who I am, what's going on, where I at, why I'm doing it, and how I'm going to do it, than I've ever been before. Maybe that's wisdom talking, or it's hubris; I leave it to the reader to decide that one.

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Return of the Man with the Name that Rhymes

Shawn Conn — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:08:22 +0000

Return of the Man with the Name that Rhymes

After yet another long hiatus, almost of 2 years in the making, I've returned once to again to survey my domain that is shawnconn.com, aka Who is the Man with the Name that Rhymes? I wish I could have said the hiatus was because of fantastic new adventures, but its been more like the opposite; boring soulcrushing days of seemingly non stop tumultous events that I try not to get too worked up about. The result is the author not even wanting to touch a computer, let alone think about updating a website. That recap has a little hyperbole in it, but somedays it feels that way.