making sublime
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Small minds discuss people
Average minds discuss events
Great minds discuss ideas
I'm thinking about how the design of social networks pulls us towards the small/average - Instagram is centered on photos of the self, Twitter around discussing news/facts of the day.
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Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that... See more
Steve Jobs • Steve Jobs on Creativity
The problem with AI tools today is that they don’t take your judgment into account
I think all social networks start off as a utility and blossom into social networks long term, and that’s because they earn the right to be a social network, not because they start as a social network. That’s kind of where I think we are, is this utility phase where we’re trying to be as good as possible for our beginning users and we’re going to
... See moreBen Thompson • An Interview with Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger About Artifact
Part of the problem with the Lean Startup mindset is that it sees life and work as an optimization problem. The point is to help people live a good life, not just an efficient life. The goal is human flourishing, not convenience. The goal is a good future, not just a technically advanced future.
Things I'm thinking about
breadcrumbs for yourself to pick up later
breadcrumbs for someone else to pick up
Every time I fail a spaced repetition review for a card which I remember thinking was almost too trivial to write down, I become more convinced that everything I read without making cards for is a waste of time.
Dwarkesh Patelx.com