Advice About Being
And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”
Tim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Richard Feynman, Music for Flow, AI Eye-Poppers, the Most Brutal Great American Novel, and a Quote to Wake You Up
What we fill our lives with is who we are. I’ve spent so long removing and thought so little about what I add.
“Sometimes,” Dalinar said, “the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
Brandon Sanderson • The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1)
(The four obligations — strong body, clear mind, pure spirit, and devotion to the welfare of your people — reminded me a lot of the 4-H pledge I grew up saying. Everything is connected.)
Austin Kleon • Land of Enchantment
“A prototype is worth a thousand meetings” (building a simple way to ‘taste test’ is often faster AND better than trying to figure things out in our heads)
Shaan Puri • 5 Tweet Tuesday - July 9, 2024
I need to remember this more when I’m terrified of the imagined scenarios in my head
“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want. Indeed, the moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist, and becomes a dull
... See moreTim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Chimp Discoveries, Lucid-Dream Tech, Sam Harris and Learning to Think, and More
I am not an artist, I’m learning. I change with the whims of people’s responses. Except I guess when I work on my little side project. So maybe it’s time to lean more into that.
What does it take to build something so that’s it’s really easy to make comfortable little modifications in a way that once you’ve made them, they feel integral with the nature and structure of what is already there?
Chris Alexander
We would all do well to live a little more in tune with our surroundings. That or change our surroundings.
Competence is how good you are when there is something to gain. Character is how good you are when there is nothing to gain. People will reward you for competence. But people will only love you for your character.”
FS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Action Reduces Fear
Perhaps the simplest and best definition of wisdom I’ve heard is “knowing what information is important.” This kind of knowing is not solely done in the intellect. Data is constantly being fed into your unconscious, then cross referenced against your experience.