Alex Burns
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Alex Burns
- A great thing about taking notes is that it subtly encourages you to live a ‘notes-worthy life’ You end up seeking interesting conversations to build your memex; experimenting with new recipes to add to your collection; reading more widely to find surprising connections etc.
- Taste is not the same as correctness, though. To do something correctly is not necessarily to do it tastefully. For most things, correctness is good enough, so we skate by on that as the default. And there are many correct paths to take. You’ll be able to cook a yummy meal, enjoy the movie, build a useable product, don a shirt that fits. But taste ... See more
Worlds First Ever Cosmic Baseball Game will be played June 1st. Don’t Miss being a part of History. https://t.co/eXnDAH6H5A- “Research is a ceremony for building closer relationship with an idea” -Shawn Wilson
Attend to your influences.
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I suppose this is the ur-message - to be more aware of what’s influencing you and how. Acknowledge just how much of what you think, feel and do is picked up from others, consciously and unconsciously, and try to become more conscious of more of them. Artists pay attention to this because they love their influences, while a
50 years ago today, Cleveland hosted 'Ten-Cent Beer Night' against the Texas Rangers. About 60,000 beers were consumed by 25,134 fans, seven people were sent to the hospital, and the game was stopped due to drunken rioting. The Rangers were declared winners via forfeit. https://t.co/2nMnhYB7N9It is easy to tell how you are doing in life. When you go outside, how beautiful is the flower? That is how you know.
– Brianna Wiest
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