The late Aaron Swartz on a 1978 psychological study—
"But the puzzles kept coming—
and they kept getting harder. 'This isn’t fun anymore,'
the kids cried. But still, there were more puzzles."
Related material from Log24's Mathcamp —
"…Heaven and Hell relays. your team starts in hell,
when you get one right, one person can go to heaven
and work on heaven questions, but first they have to
pass through purgatory. aka this means entertain
the people running purgatory."
— Imaginary Thoughts and Irrational Ideas weblog
See also Swartz on philosophy:
"I’ve just been finding little bits and pieces
in all sorts of strange places: psychology experiments,
business books, philosophy, self-help, math, and
my friends. But since there’s no community around it,
it’s hard to discuss it with anyone…."
From the date of these weblog posts by Swartz,
a post from this journal—
