Tim

“Right. Because he seemed like such a normal kid. And he is a normal kid, he is just what you'd expect a baseline male child to be like if Darth Vader were his doting father.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.”
― Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

“The secret is that everything is always on the line. The more present we are at practice, the more present we will be in competition, in the boardroom, at the exam, the operating table, the big stage. If we have any hope of attaining excellence, let alone of showing what we’ve got under pressure, we have to be prepared by a lifestyle of reinforcement. Presence must be like breathing.”
― Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

“There is no justice in the laws of nature, no term for fairness in the equations of motion. The Universe is neither evil, nor good, it simply does not care. The stars don't care, or the Sun, or the sky.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality