Living ethically
How to live, work, stay calm, and enjoy myself without destroying the world
Living ethically
We have the illusion that the world functions thanks to programmed design, university research, and bureaucratic funding, but there is compelling—very compelling—evidence to show that this is an illusion, the illusion I call lecturing birds how to fly. Technology is the result of antifragility, exploited by risk-takers in the form of tinkering and... See more
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle
How to get started when it feels like the world is ending
open.substack.com
When we tell our kids, “You’re a good kid having a hard time … I’m here, I’m right here with you,” they are more likely to have empathy for their own struggles
Dr. Becky Kennedy • Good Inside
8 practical ways to make money with open-source projects.
1) Premium code: (Open-Core)
The open core model is a business strategy where you offer most of your code as free and open source.
However, an add-on commercial version is released as proprietary software.
Example: Dragula Pro by Zeno Rocha -($250K in 2.5 years )
2) Open SaaS:
Open SaaS allows... See more
1) Premium code: (Open-Core)
The open core model is a business strategy where you offer most of your code as free and open source.
However, an add-on commercial version is released as proprietary software.
Example: Dragula Pro by Zeno Rocha -($250K in 2.5 years )
2) Open SaaS:
Open SaaS allows... See more
Sachin Neravath on LinkedIn: I made $100k in revenue from an open-source JavaScript library in 14…
dreamers addicted to reality instead of realists addicted to dreams.
-Neri Oxman on what she looks for when hiring
To face the storm you must learn to respond to it rather than react to it.
Patti Henry • The Emotionally Unavailable Man
It was Descartes, too, who formed the project of a School of Arts and Crafts, where each artisan would learn fully to understand the theoretical bases of his own craft; he thus showed himself to be more socialist, in the matter of culture, than all Marx’s disciples
Simone Weil • Oppression and Liberty
• About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.
• No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.
• Dont ever work for someone you dont want to become.
• Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
• Dont keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.
• If you stop to listen