Living ethically
How to live, work, stay calm, and enjoy myself without destroying the world
Living ethically
dreamers addicted to reality instead of realists addicted to dreams.
-Neri Oxman on what she looks for when hiring
How to get started when it feels like the world is ending
open.substack.com
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
True productivity is about doing more of what is in your Desire Zone and less of everything else.
Michael Hyatt • Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
How do you write from the place in your gut where love dwells? The Sufi poet Rumi said, “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
Gabe Berman • The Complete Bullshit-Free and Totally Tested Writing Guide How to Make Publishers, Agents, Editors & Readers Fall in Love With Your Work
I think the defining economic reality of the modern platform media world is that all the platforms realized that an infinite supply of teenage creators are cheaper to deal with than media companies or groups of media individuals or powerful creators. And I’m curious for your read on the number of YouTubers that you see retiring or taking a step... See more
Nilay Patel • NilayPatel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great
All oppressive societies give birth to a false conception of the relationship between man and nature, from the mere fact that it is only the downtrodden who are in direct contact with nature,
Simone Weil • Oppression and Liberty
The Distraction Zone is made up of things that you are passionate about but sadly have little proficiency for.
Michael Hyatt • Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
My answer to her was simple: Begin. Rekindle your creative craft for a few moments every day. Don’t worry about the rest right now; simply sit down and make something.