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The pursuit of "being cracked"
Mustafa
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Mustafa
@oprydai
0x0.5x engineer • robotics • design • biology |
built beapolymath.app • built habbt.app • building 2ynlabs.com •
- any sufficiently advanced engineering is indistinguishable from art
- any sufficiently advanced engineering is indistinguishable from art.
- study math. not for grades. not for exams. but because math rewires how you think. it teaches you precision in chaos. how to see structure where others see noise. how to break a giant, messy problem into clean, solvable chunks. every great engineer, physicist, and builder;
- my favourite quote from atomic habits by James clear; "It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the
- how to study and learn really difficult subjects: 1. don’t panic. hard just means dense. it’s not impossible, it’s just packed. unwrap it slowly. 2. get a map before diving in. watch an overview video, read the table of contents, or skim the wikipedia page. you need context
- become a modern polymath study maths. lift weights. build robots. write code. read physics. design systems. learn AI. draw what you imagine. fix your mind. get your body strong. think deeply. build wealth. understand nature. master engineering, philosophy, and yourself. do it
- read more books. not because it’s productive. not because it’s aesthetic. but because it rewires your brain. every good book upgrades your mental firmware. you start seeing patterns others miss. you start connecting disciplines. you start thinking. books are the ultimate
- study semiconductor manufacturing not to build a fab. not to get a job at TSMC. but to witness how far the human mind has gone. photolithography is pure magic disguised as engineering. we’re literally etching patterns smaller than viruses; using light, mirrors, gases, plasma,
- patterns in the lives of great people if you study enough biographies, documentaries, interviews; you start to see repeating structures. different lives, same architecture. here’s the blueprint almost all great people share: 1. a period of intense isolation they disappear for
