Chad Aaron Hall
@readordieaslave
Edgewalker
Chad Aaron Hall
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If you can’t talk yourself into using your energy to write or type something out, it’s probably not worth capturing.
Billy Oppenheimer • The Notecard System: Capture, Organize, and Use Everything You Read, Watch, and Listen To
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
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Humans are much better at choosing between a few options than conjuring an answer from scratch. We’re also much better at incrementally approaching the right answer by pointing towards the right direction than nailing the right search term from the beginning. When it’s possible to take a “type in a query” kind of interface and make it more
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The duende, then, is a power, not a work. It is a struggle, not a thought.
Federico García Lorca • In Search of Duende
The mind-numbing repetition of chain stores, massive gas stations, self-storage facilities, and fast food joints has me and my husband nearly ready to take the longer but more scenic routes from now on. We are at a loss to understand the seemingly insatiable desire to develop every possible parcel of land along the highway and stuff it with the... See more
What Ever Happened to Beauty?
He was hailed a hero by some and met with predictions of bankruptcy from his critics.
But that has not happened; instead, the company is thriving.
"So you've almost doubled the number of employees?" CBS News' Carter Evans asked.
"Yeah," Price replied.
He said his company has tripled and he is still paying his employees $70,000 a year.
"How much do you... See more
But that has not happened; instead, the company is thriving.
"So you've almost doubled the number of employees?" CBS News' Carter Evans asked.
"Yeah," Price replied.
He said his company has tripled and he is still paying his employees $70,000 a year.
"How much do you... See more
CEO on why giving all employees minimum salary of $70,000 still "works" six years later: "Our turnover rate was cut in half"
ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound
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Ultimately, the big bad enemy that the legacy platforms’ algorithms are serving is ... us. The algorithms have been studying us, and they know what we want. They serve our desires with ruthless intent.
The problem is that the version of us that they serve is the basest version of ourselves.
The problem is that the version of us that they serve is the basest version of ourselves.