Cultivating Serendipity
by Keely Adler and · updated 2mo ago
Cultivating Serendipity
Can you engineer serendipity? In the “surface area of luck” theory, your chance of being lucky equals the actions you take towards your passion multiplied by the people you tell. Luck = (Passionate Doing) x (Effective Telling) h/t @VirenOswall 1/ https://t.co/BhvclGutBwDanielle Vermeer added 2y ago
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Why is that a revelation? Well, the problem is that if you think about it, what that means is that the only way to discover any of these things was to not be trying to discover them.
from Greatness Without Goals by Patrick O'Shaughnessy
sari added 1y ago
If algorithms delve into every corner of our lives until nothing inexplicable remains, the loss will be tremendous.
from The Business Romantic by Tim Leberecht
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- In my view, we should each invest a few hours a week in reading research that ostensibly has nothing to do with our day jobs, in a setting that has nothing in common with our regular workspaces. This kind of structured serendipity just might help us become more creative, and I doubt that it can hurt.
from Structured Serendipity | Jason Zweig by jasonzweig.com
MargaretC added 1y ago
Digital gardens hold a component of discovery where gardeners may be delighted or surprised by what they may find. They are designed to embrace a culture of learning, where one may be open to be changed by ideas.
from On Digital Gardens: Tending to Our Collective Multiplicity
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
King added 2y ago
sari added 2y ago
