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i wish earth was more like a library. ppl speaking in soft voices on the streets everything shared and borrowed.
Becca Btwitter.comWhether it’s to organize ideas for a project (me); to have material to turn to for inspiration when you get stuck (Adam Alter); to save idea-sparks without getting distracted by them in the moment (Steven Johnson and Dan Pink); or to create a receptacle of fleeting impressions (Rachel Ingalls), I think having a repository for interesting things you... See more
David Epstein • (1) Don't Let Good Ideas Get Away - by David Epstein Don't Let Good Ideas Get Away
Ultimately you'll have to determine the info-diet that works for you. But if you insist on endlessly consuming whatever the web serves you, know that this banquet culminates in a bitter dessert: at the end of your life, when you're weighing your regrets, you probably won’t say “Man, I wish I’d spent more time browsing the web.”
gurwinder.substack.com • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
I remember looking at my first iPod and being like: “This is a vessel that holds what I’m into.”
And also the early iPod didn’t have a lot of space, so you really had to curate what was on there in a way that people don’t do on their phones.
And also the early iPod didn’t have a lot of space, so you really had to curate what was on there in a way that people don’t do on their phones.
SSENSE • On the Record with Apple Industrial Designer Eugene Whang
if you like thinking, it’s important to be around people who also enjoy thinking/ideas, otherwise you have to constantly empty your mind to fill it up with the shared context needed to relate to others.. this often ends up being emptier topics like people, small talk, gossip, etc
Isabel🌻twitter.comA great thing about taking notes is that it subtly encourages you to live a ‘notes-worthy life’
You end up seeking interesting conversations to build your memex; experimenting with new recipes to add to your collection; reading more widely to find surprising connections etc.
Anne-Laure Le Cunfftwitter.comi relate to this. one of the nice things about having a Sublime library is that it helps me pay attention to what I pay attention to
“People get better at regulating their impulses. They learn how to distract themselves from temptations. And once you’ve gotten into that willpower groove, your brain is practiced at helping you focus on a goal.
Charles Duhigg • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
It would be like a search engine for ideas and concepts. Perhaps something like public roam graphs will be the solution to this, but there are infinite ways to approach it.