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How to make effective New Years Resolutions - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. How to make effective New Years Resolutions. How to make effective New Years Resolutions. I discuss my successes in 2016 and how I design, find time for and stick to my New Years resolutions year after year. Length: 1756 words, 12-15 minutes read. 2016 was quite a year, wasn’t it? And the secret to my success? Failing almost every New Years resolution I set for myself. No really. Designed and built the company website, www.bancho.co.uk. Designed and built this blog, www.strang...

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Start Here - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. Is a lifestyle blog aimed at creatives – game designers, programmers, artists. Drawing from my own life, I’ll use this blog to discuss the methods I use to be the most capable, imaginative and energetic person I can be. However, Strange Modern Cowboy. ISN’T a technical blog. If you’re looking for a breakdown of some application I’ve built at. Or advice on programming a game, you’re out of luck. Isn’t designed to be read like a book. Side notes are typically indicated with blue text.

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The Bancho, Author at Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. This author has not yet filled in any details. So far The Bancho has created 22 blog entries. Counter strategies for Master Suppression Techniques. January 30th, 2017. The Hormetic Bell Curve as a universal principle. January 26th, 2017. How to make effective New Years Resolutions. I discuss my successes in 2016 and how I design, find time for and stick to my New Years resolutions year after year. Subject: New Years Resolutions Length: 1756 words, 12-15 minutes read Welcome ba...

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How to beat procrastination? Join it! - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. How to beat procrastination? How to beat procrastination? You can’t beat procrastination with endless planning. I discuss how to tackle the problem of procrastination pain free. Length: 1992 words, 10-12 minute read. Subject: I discuss how to tackle procrastination without falling into the trap of paralysis by analysis. I present novel approaches to procrastination backed by research in self determination theory. Disclaimer: I make reference to my new app Self Discipline Sensei.

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Gamification: Why most designers fail at it - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. Gamification: Why most designers fail at it. Gamification: Why most designers fail at it. Is gamification just a fad? Add points, leaderboards and achievements and call it a day right? Actually, most ‘gamification’ is done entirely incorrectly. Length: 1453 words, 8-10 minute read. Subject: I discuss the problems that most designers run into when they attempt gamification and explain why gamification is consistently not fun. Is gamification just a fad? But I don’t think gami...

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Do we live in a simulation? - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. Do we live in a simulation? Do we live in a simulation? I explore the question of whether we exist in a simulation, give a concrete answer and explain how this knowledge might affect your view of existence. Length: 1880 words – 12-15 minutes read. Subject: I tackle the difficult question of whether we are currently existing as a simulation within a computer and present a solid answer, informed by a background in computer science, physics and philosophy. There is no null hypothesis.

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Cognitive biases Archives - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. You should already be memorizing the cognitive biases, as I explain inside. But here is one that has yet to be formally recognized. Length: 755 words - 5 or 6 minute easy read Subject: Cognitive biases, including the as yet unrecognized social bias that I've named Miasmatic Disinclination. Product links are affiliate links. One of [.]. October 27th, 2016. Subscribe to our mailing list. New to the blog? Check out this introductory post.

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Theory Archives - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. The Hormetic Bell Curve as a universal principle. Universal principles crop up in unexpected places. Here's one based on the hormetic bell curve: a concept from biology that applies to so much more. Length: 1058 words, 5-7 minute read Subject: Philosophical universal principles, Nietzsche, the crisis of modernity, hormesis "God is dead." Began Nietzsche in The Gay Science. But people often forget [.]. January 26th, 2017. How to predict an election. November 9th, 2016.

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Learning Archives - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. How to become an autodidact internet scholar. If our school systems are broken, how can the self motivated individual get a first class education? I reveal the best educational resources inside. Length: 1238 words - 9-10 minutes read Subject: I explain the problem with the modern school institution and the solution in self teaching through the internet. I list all of the [.]. October 3rd, 2016. The single best tool for rapid learning – a notebook. May 5th, 2016. March 1st, 2016.

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Souls Archives - Strange Modern Cowboy

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Return to bancho.co.uk. The existence and immortality of the soul. The soul exists and I can prove it. I walk through several thought experiments that help isolate the soul from both the physical brain and the brain data. Length: 2311 words - 15-17 minutes read Subject: I identify the nameless religion that informs the worldview of most westerners and call it into question by examining [.]. October 18th, 2016. Subscribe to our mailing list. New to the blog? Check out this introductory post.