andrea
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dreaming about the future, romanticizing the past
andrea
What is beauty?
Symmetry is beautiful, because life blooms in cycles rather than episodes.
Elegance is beautiful, because everything that matters can be described in a few math equations or observed between a few kindergartners.
Contrast is beautiful, because something that lacks an alternative also lacks meaning.
Connection is beautiful, because the... See more
Symmetry is beautiful, because life blooms in cycles rather than episodes.
Elegance is beautiful, because everything that matters can be described in a few math equations or observed between a few kindergartners.
Contrast is beautiful, because something that lacks an alternative also lacks meaning.
Connection is beautiful, because the... See more
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy on Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.comFantastic episode on thinking outside the box!
Restaurants famously have low margins, but Nick Kokonas transformed the cashflow and risk profile of his restaurants by rethinking what they were selling as performances rather than just food. This made them realize they could sell tickets instead of having people pay after the meal, which allowed them to plan ahead and cut costs, all the while increasing their margins. While I’m not personally involved in the restaurant business (in fact I almost didn’t listen to this episode because I thought the topic would be boring!), this interview was a great reminder that there is still so much opportunity to figure things out and make things better for everyone, even in an industry as old as the restaurant business.
Learning about the lives of hunter-gatherers confirms a suspicion that our modern lives are fundamentally at odds with human nature, that we have lost some kind of primordial freedom. […]
‘A fair case can be made that hunters often work much less than we do, and rather than a grind the food quest is intermittent, leisure is abundant, and there is... See more
‘A fair case can be made that hunters often work much less than we do, and rather than a grind the food quest is intermittent, leisure is abundant, and there is... See more
What really broke down in Google’s original vision is the incentive system they were building towards. There is a very specific subset of information you’re interested in “organizing” when you’re trying to serve the perfect ad.
Kyle Harrison • Building the Global Knowledge Graph: Dreaming the Dream for Roam Research
Though fairy tales end after ten pages, our lives do not. We are multi-volume sets. In our lives, even though one episode amounts to a crash and burn, there is always another episode awaiting us and then another. There are always more opportunities to get it right, to fashion our lives in the ways we deserve to have them. Don't waste your time... See more
I find that it’s in this search for aesthetic satisfaction that so many of the best lessons are found. I’m not talking about ornamentation or bells and whistles. I’m taking about the beauty of the four Cs: Clarity, cohesion, consistency, and conciseness. If you have the eye, you’ll recognize them easily (even if getting there isn’t quite so easy).
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Fantastic
According to Dan Buettner, the nine lifestyle habits that link the Blue Zone inhabitants are:
- Eating a (mostly) plant-based diet
- Engaging in moderate, regular physical activity
- Ensuring a balanced caloric intake
- Having a life purpose
- Maintaining low levels of stress
- Drinking limited amounts of alcohol (emphasis on “limited”, not “drinking”)
- Being
Rosane Oliveira, DVM • How to Enter the Blue Zone - Plant-Based Life Foundation
art by Faig Ahmed