Living ethically
How to live, work, stay calm, and enjoy myself without destroying the world
Living ethically
Slow media promote Monotasking . Slow Media cannot be consumed casually, but provoke the full concentration of their users. As with the production of a good meal, which demands the full attention of all senses by the cook and his guests, Slow Media can only be consumed with pleasure in focused alertness.
The Slow Media Manifesto – Slow Media
"I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else." (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)
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
If we’re not careful, we can get stuck in the Disinterest Zone for years, maybe decades, simply because it’s what pays the bills.
Michael Hyatt • Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
And since technology is not value neutral, to be a technologist is to be inherently opinionated about how the world ought to be. Each act of creation is a statement about one particular means to an end being the best possible means. As Saffron Huang writes, “[b]ringing something into existence is in fact endorsing that thing itself. As we hurtle... See more
Rebecca • On being a technologist
This idea of multiplicity—the ability to accept multiple realities at once—is critical to healthy relationships
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…
When you’re practicing Illuminationism, you’re offering a gaze that says, “I want to get to know you and be known by you.” It’s a gaze that positively answers the question everybody is unconsciously asking themselves when they meet you: “Am I a person to you? Do you care about me? Am I a priority for you?” The answers to those questions are
... See moreDavid Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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