Just as patients are triaged in a hospital, information that you consume should also be triaged. When you come across an article/paper/book that you like, save it. Then after some time (to settle any infatuation), triage the source and only if it meets a threshold, commit to it. We live in the age of information. Every day we consume all sorts of information. We read emails sent to us by co-workers, watch videos explaining how proteins fold, read Paul Graham’s essays, try new products, read Tweets, papers, the news and the list just goes on....

What is debugging Most of us are familiar with the doer mindset which is about living in the world of action: writing code, creating music, meeting new people, taking on a new hobby, starting an organization, etc. When something goes wrong though, you need to go from a doer mindset to a debugging mindset. You’ve probably heard of debugging from programmers when they are working to remove software bugs1. However, debugging is not just a programmer state, but instead a mindset that is distinct from the doer mindset....