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People often, for example, oppose the actions and belief systems of billionaires, but take jobs at companies that increase the power and influence of
“The growing speed of daily life, of news and work and play was a fetish of artists and industrialists alike,” Blom writes. “Never before had so much
Late 20s/Early 30s: Complex machinations around friendship as many people move from group living arrangements to couple living arrangements and design
“What we worry about is not death, it’s vulnerability. We worry about being that person who is in a hospital, nursing home, or residential facility an
Gathering well is the deeply generous act of noticing a real need in a community and creating just the right container to help meet it.
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Destruction and renewal are part of the same cycle. Indigenous knowledge has always understood this. It’s not about avoiding collapse – it’s about pre
Conspiratorial thinking is no longer just for the tinfoil-hat crowd. The very structure of the internet encourages a kind of hyper-paranoia, where eve
When cars became more fuel-efficient, we didn’t save on fuel – we just made cars bigger and drove more. This phenomenon is called the ‘Jevons Paradox’
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Studies have found that when people spend more time on social-media platforms, they are more likely to buy more things and to do so impulsively—especi
When cars became more fuel-efficient, we didn’t save on fuel – we just made cars bigger and drove more. This phenomenon is called the ‘Jevons Paradox’
“aliveness is so central to meaningful human experience that there’ll always be a market for those who can cultivate it, embed it in what they create,
Instead you’ll be doing so in the spirit of the Amish, who ask first whether a specific technology seems likely to serve their highest values, and onl
To win one of these coveted positions, then, you need to do everything exactly right from your freshman year of high school onward: get good grades, g
Instead you’ll be doing so in the spirit of the Amish, who ask first whether a specific technology seems likely to serve their highest values, and onl
Silent Image: An Evocative Photograph Without Words
Let’s assume that we will soon live in a world in which intelligence - narrowly defined - is cheap. In this world, any job that primarily depends on t
Instead you’ll be doing so in the spirit of the Amish, who ask first whether a specific technology seems likely to serve their highest values, and onl
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It’s a real mind fuck and it makes me feel complicit in something terrible that hurts people. It makes me feel complicit in the thing that hurt ME. It
“aliveness is so central to meaningful human experience that there’ll always be a market for those who can cultivate it, embed it in what they create,
When writing, separate the “creator” and the “editor”. The “creator” just writes, and doesn’t worry about quality; the goal is words on the page. Late
Julia Galef refers to ‘high-entropy thinkers’. When you ask a high-entropy thinker for their views on some political or social issue it’s hard to pred
We’ve been taught to relegate creativity to marketing departments or brainstorming sessions, treating it like a mood rather than a muscle. And in the
according to Rich Corsi, dean of engineering at Portland State University: “Americans spend more time inside buildings than some whale species spend u
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“Because people leant forward in their seats or on their couches or bar stools when he got the ball and the fast break began, because they might see s
When cars became more fuel-efficient, we didn’t save on fuel – we just made cars bigger and drove more. This phenomenon is called the ‘Jevons Paradox’
Community Weaving
Late 20s/Early 30s: Complex machinations around friendship as many people move from group living arrangements to couple living arrangements and design
A large number of Americans admit to spending more time planning their wedding than preparing for retirement. In 2023, the average cost of a U.S. wedd
Ritual has power. I learned that lesson early on. Growing up in the English countryside, my family wasn’t religious, but we observed folk celebrations
Risk is expensive, and it does not figure into P&L. When the pressure is to show YoY growth on the quarterly basis, as is the case of the publicly tra
“Women asked for clear, no-nonsense literature about how cars worked and what to do when something went wrong; the auto industry gave them cartoonish
People often, for example, oppose the actions and belief systems of billionaires, but take jobs at companies that increase the power and influence of
Julia Galef refers to ‘high-entropy thinkers’. When you ask a high-entropy thinker for their views on some political or social issue it’s hard to pred
Risk is expensive, and it does not figure into P&L. When the pressure is to show YoY growth on the quarterly basis, as is the case of the publicly tra
To win one of these coveted positions, then, you need to do everything exactly right from your freshman year of high school onward: get good grades, g
Let’s assume that we will soon live in a world in which intelligence - narrowly defined - is cheap. In this world, any job that primarily depends on t
In Japanese culture, the discomfort of silence is not only acknowledged but embraced through the concept of ma. Ma refers to the spaces between—betwe
Silent Image: An Evocative Photograph Without Words
Here are a few more questions a business owner, in any industry, might consider: What considerations did you take when determining your product / ser
Studies have found that when people spend more time on social-media platforms, they are more likely to buy more things and to do so impulsively—especi
Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into e
