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Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy
head of vibes at Sublime
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Our economy isn't one that produces things to be used, but things that increase usage
Software Has Eaten The Media
good god
As Schopenhauer said about free will, you can choose whatever you desire, but you’re not free to choose your desires
Ian McEwan • Machines Like Me: A Novel
Create a "failure resume". Document your mistakes and what you learned from them. This helps normalize failure and turn it into a powerful tool for growth. You'll read it and be reminded
How to win in your 20s
“It goes back to the idea of failure as a core comedy principle. A pathetic attempt at something big flopping a bit is always funny.”
Tim’s Time
This morning—before those nineteen games, the instant I woke up—I realized that the letters in CAUTIONED can be rearranged to spell EDUCATION . This seemed vastly better than waking up with no memory of the previous night, worried about what I may have done or said.
Brad Phillips • Scrabble, Anonymous
Csikszentmihalyi’s research suggests that flow is conducive to optimal experience . But it doesn’t tell us anything about whether it is conducive to optimal performance . So look for flow when you want to feel better, but not necessarily when you want to do better.
Barbara Gail Montero • The true expert does not perform in a state of effortless ‘flow’ | Aeon Essays
A man from the city went on a retreat to the forest where he met an old woman who lived in a small shack. He said to her "It seems like a great deal of work to chop wood and build a fire just so you can make your tea." She responded "It seems like a great deal of work to wake up early and go to a job for 40 hours of every week to afford electricity
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