Human Stuff
the messiness of what it means to be human, with all of its messiness and complexities
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Human Stuff
The Red Hand Files are a secret treasure. This particular question was about being at a crossroads.
Because most people are more emotional than logical, they tend to overreact to short-term results; they give up and sell low when times are bad and buy too high when times are good. I find this is just as true for relationships as it is for investments—wise people stick with sound fundamentals through the ups and downs, while flighty people react
... See moreRay Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
YES! this articulates something I've been thinking but couldn't put into words. you could get the song/movie/etc hyper-personalized to you, but most people won't care. pop culture is a promise that you aren't listening/watching alone.
people don’t want options. they want a leader.
people don’t want options. they want a leader.
It was striking how many of Elon’s early tweets about Twitter’s issues seemed to pin Twitter’s underperformance on engineering problems. Response times, things of that nature. But Twitter’s appeal was never a pure feat of engineering, nor were its problems solely the fault of engineering malpractice. They were human in nature. Twitter isn’t, as... See more
Eugene Wei • How to Blow Up a Timeline
I don’t believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.
– Gloria Naylor
You walk down your high street. What do you prefer to see there? The economist will say: Walmart, Best Buy, the Gap. Scale economies — cheaper prices — better for “consumers”! But the human being will say: an independent cafe, a good bookshop, a boutique clothing store. Why? Because they offer many things that mega scale organizations don’t.