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- Write on the internet.
Find or create a
third place.
Pick up the phone.
Join niche interest groups.
Live, don't lurk.
Embrace candid culture.
Put people you care about on the calendar.
Don't play near black holes.
Meet people at farmers markets.
Learn to communicate.
Make wobbly things. Subscribe to local events calendars.
Learn to win friends.
Learn to feel.
Em... See morefrom The Cheap Web
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 9mo ago
I want [the Mac] to be as beautiful as possible, even if it’s inside the box. A great carpenter isn’t going to use lousy wood for the back of a cabinet, even though nobody’s going to see it.
- Steve Jobs (via Walter Isaacson)from The Cheap Web
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 9mo ago
- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way
from Juan Ramón Jiménez
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- I used to think speed equaled competence. If you’re a motivated student, you may find yourself on the “accelerated” track. Instead of learning things that challenge you, you are simply rushed through the curriculum, “covering” concepts at a faster rate than your peers. Since I transitioned to homeschool, I never move on from a problem or subject be... See more
from A Constitution for Teenage Happiness by Ruby LaRocca
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- Books that are “representative,” that are more easily “absorbed,” undermine the main reason to read them: to push readers beyond themselves in uncomfortable and productive ways.
from A Constitution for Teenage Happiness by Ruby LaRocca
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- “The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
from A Constitution for Teenage Happiness by Ruby LaRocca
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- Like human happiness, teenage happiness does not flourish when everyone has the freedom to live just as they please. Where there is neither order nor necessity in life—no constraints, no inhibitions, no discomfort—life becomes both relaxing and boring, as American philosopher Allan Bloom notes. A soft imprisonment.
from A Constitution for Teenage Happiness by Ruby LaRocca
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- Finding work you love is very difficult. Most people fail. Even if you succeed, it's rare to be free to work on what you want till your thirties or forties. But if you have the destination in sight you'll be more likely to arrive at it. If you know you can love work, you're in the home stretch, and if you know what work you love, you're practically... See more
from How to Do What You Love
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- Constraints give your life shape. Remove them and most people have no idea what to do: look at what happens to those who win lotteries or inherit money. Much as everyone thinks they want financial security, the happiest people are not those who have it, but those who like what they do. So a plan that promises freedom at the expense of knowing what ... See more
from How to Do What You Love
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago