drink from different fountains
most stuff out there and online is junk and you know. also add another collection for reading and exploring concepts for longer than a single article or video
drink from different fountains
values?
Well the purest way is the actually have and believe them yourself. Either through your life journey of experiences, or readings, or whatever. But if you want to actively pursue the discovery of alternative values, here is a non-exhaustive list of how to do so.
The antonym game. Taking the exercise I did of Apple previously, and defining the ... See more
Well the purest way is the actually have and believe them yourself. Either through your life journey of experiences, or readings, or whatever. But if you want to actively pursue the discovery of alternative values, here is a non-exhaustive list of how to do so.
The antonym game. Taking the exercise I did of Apple previously, and defining the ... See more
Take the time to listen to smart people with whom you disagree.
This is not easy to do. Over time, any firm will find that certain methods and biases tend to work very well, and the more successful it is, the more it will develop its own unique mindset. We couldn’t succeed without the methods and principles that we learn over time, nor can we cons
... See moreJoe Lonsdale • Lessons from Peter Thiel
Don’t buy into the VC hype on this one. There will not be one tool to serve new internet-first communities.
Toby Shorin • Come for the Network, Pay for the Tool
Now, the fun part. If there’s one new thing you love, time to descend into the rabbit-hole. I recommend listening to the whole discography. Watching all the movies from the director. Making your way through the creator’s oeuvre. You will develop an irreproducible connection with the work. That’s when the magic “love” comes into play.
This isn’t obli... See more
This isn’t obli... See more
The Oxford Word of the Year for 2024 is ‘brain rot’ which they defined as: “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterio
... See moreDirt • Dirt: Brain Rot
The thing about explosions, is that the force IS flattening.
People talk about cultural explosions like it's some diverse thing. NO! WRONG! It's a flattening thing. So much gets produced at once, it completely flattens everything.
People talk about cultural explosions like it's some diverse thing. NO! WRONG! It's a flattening thing. So much gets produced at once, it completely flattens everything.
But when I am served videos by someone who has been anointed with this stardom I don’t feel like I am inhabiting someone else’s taste but, rather, the taste of the algorithm.
Vi Hart’s Internet Votes (written 2015, published 2017):
... See moreOn the internet, content rises to the top if it wins the popular vote. But unlike modern implementations of democracy, you get as many votes as you have time to give, all day every day, and most of those votes are taken by web companies without asking. And unlike the popular vote in democracy,
Sean • Knowing Things Is Hard
the democratization of everything as the amateurization of everything.