Everything Is Connected
exploring how there are no fields, topics, or silos - everything is connected
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Everything Is Connected
Complexity basically means that everything is circuitous and hard to understand. Hard to understand means that the things that lead to the things you want aren't the things you want. They're very complex. So you need to do things like work on vacuum tubes to get to computers because vacuum tubes are in the first computers, even though vacuum tubes... See more
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Greatness Without Goals
A knowledge base that looked for new connections within itself would be less of a memory system, as notes conventionally are, and become more of a generative tool. Generative tools are exciting because they contain real infinites that invite endless play and exploration.
Linus Lee • Knowledge tools, finite and infinite | thesephist.com
Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative
onbeing.orgJames Turrell took inspiration from astronomy and perceptual psychology. Coco Chanel was most influenced by nuns and religious symbols. David Adjaye drew from Yoruban sculpture, and Steve Jobs from Zen Buddhism and calligraphy. We could continue this list forever, but that’s not the point. The point is to look outside the confines of our industry... See more
The Browser Company • Optimizing For Feelings
People don’t exist independently of a place. Places bring out who we are.
Reality is Scarce
Embracing the risk of losing everything means learning that our self-worth and identity are not solely tied to the success or failure of our ventures.
Be Prepared to Lose Everything.
You are interconnected to everyone, because the world doesn’t work without everyone.” You may think that you’re alone, but you’re never actually alone. This was really important because at a very young age that made me understand the importance of collectivity, and that we can’t do anything alone that’s worth it. Everything worthwhile is done with... See more