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First We Shape Our Social Graph; Then It Shapes Us
Books you read are sending you input. Your friends modeling behaviors for you. Newspapers. Tools. People you follow on Twitter. The architecture of a Gothic church beaming serenity into you—that is input too.
At the same time, you are also sending output to other nodes. Now, I am sending these ideas into my pocket notebook, which will send them to m... See more
At the same time, you are also sending output to other nodes. Now, I am sending these ideas into my pocket notebook, which will send them to m... See more
Henrik Karlsson • First We Shape Our Social Graph; Then It Shapes Us
“Be intentional with your influences—what you consume shapes what you create.
1. Choose your Big 5. Who are the people whose mindset, work, and values align with where you want to go? Write their names down.
2. Prioritize their content. Before consuming anything else, engage with their work first—books, podcasts, videos, posts. Let their thinking sha
... See moreGrothendieck knew what he found interesting and productively confusing because he had spent three years observing his thought and tracing where it wanted to go. He was not at the mercy of the social world he entered; rather, he “used” it to “further his aims.” (I put things in quotation marks here because what he’s doing isn’t exactly this delibera... See more