The Rings of Power
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The Rings of Power
A New Superpower
Nir Eyal • Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
And the minute that you understand that you can poke life, and actually something will, you know, if you push in, something will pop out the other side, that you can change it. You can mold it.
Interview with Cameron Burgess, Product Designer at Software Applications Incorporated
as Steve Jobs notes: “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” 2
Taylor Pearson • The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5
everything around you that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. That's the most important thing: to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just going to live in it. Versus embrace it, change it, m
... See moreIan Cheng • Emissary's Guide To Worlding
“I will tell you what I am talking about,” he said. “Most kinds of power require a substantial sacrifice by whoever wants the power. There is an apprenticeship, a discipline lasting many years. Whatever kind of power you want. President of the company. Black belt in karate. Spiritual guru. Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the p
... See moreMichael Crichton • Jurassic Park: A Novel
The anthropologist David Graeber once wrote: “The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.” The same is true of the Internet.