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Humble questions are open-ended. They’re encouraging the other person to take control and take the conversation where they want it to go. These are questions that begin with phrases like “How did you…,” “What’s it like…,” “Tell me about…,” and “In what ways…” In her book You’re Not Listening, Kate Murphy describes a focus group moderator who was tr
... See moreDavid Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
There is no person behind the language produced by a chatbot. It’s a dilution of billions of people, like adding water to sugar until the sweetness dissolves.
Astronaut Scott Kelly on intelligence:
“The smartest person in the room, I’ve learned, is usually the person who knows how to tap into the intelligence of every person in the room.”
on intelligence
I’m no longer content to ask, “What do you think about X?” Instead, I ask, “How did you come to believe X?”
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
experiencing the world through events vs. items
# items
arguably, are a repeated experience
is it the vision /of/ the event rather than the event itself? as in we commit to this item promising a certain life for us
or is it about the emotional safety / dopamine provided by owning the item?
must be used well to be experienced well and fully.
the space o
“Well, we use words to communicate, right? Still, most of our words don’t actually get across. You know what I mean? Well, our words might, but not what we’re actually trying to say. That’s what we’re always dealing with. We live in this place, in this world, where we can share our words but not our thoughts.
Mieko Kawakami • Breasts and Eggs
features i wish all bank apps had:
making ‘separate bank accounts’ for specific goals (like maya)
good UI for paying off credit cards
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw