Claudiu
@claudiu
A sparking curious mind
Claudiu
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“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”
―Oscar Ameringer
―Oscar Ameringer
Gurwinder • Gurwinder (@gurwinder)
All you have to do is just be 5% better than everyone else who’s really bad at it. You don’t have to get everything perfect… you just have to be a little bit better so you can survive the war of attrition.
Save everything that appeals to you. Figure out why it appeals to you. Then apply those lessons to your own work.
Nathan Baugh • How to Steal Like an Artist
this is going to be difficult → i am capable of doing difficult things → i have done everything prior to this moment → this difficulty will soon be proof of capability
less "this is gonna suck", more "finally a test worthy of my skill
you are not being tested
you are being transformed
As people contort themselves to please the algorithm for short-term payouts, there’s even more of the less legible, less liquid, but ultimately more important long-term value up for grabs for you if you continue to just be yourself and talk about whatever lights your fire, algorithm be damned.
Packy McCormick • A Market For (Almost) Everything
Every adult senses that their attention is slipping, that their thinking is flattening, that their world is flooded with noise, no neutrality, and that no institution really exists to protect them. Your brain is for sale, my guy - as your attention goes, so does your cognition, so does your sense of depth and certainty.
Confidence, optimism, and... See more
Confidence, optimism, and... See more
Everyone is Gambling and No One is Happy
I perceive value, I confer value, I create value. I even create — or guarantee — existence. Hence, my compulsion to make ‘lists.’ The things (Beethoven’s music, movies, business firms) won’t exist unless I signify my interest in them by at least noting down their names. Nothing exists unless I maintain it (by my interest, or my potential interest).
... See moreIn just under one generation, we moved from appreciating albums as cohesive works to consuming individual tracks, and then to music becoming reduced to muzak: background noise for gaming, viral videos, or endless scrolling. Disappearing is music as an art in its own right, which commands sustained attention and deep engagement. A song’s success is... See more