we are shaped by our tools, systems, and environment
by Agalia Tan · updated 10d ago
we are shaped by our tools, systems, and environment
- Scorsese said he wanted to see how the Band’s music was made. Where did it come from? “I wanted to see what that magic was,” he said. “But ultimately there’s a lifestyle, too, that goes along with it. And a lot of it has to do with partying. And, okay: Partying went way out of hand for me. Because I didn’t know how to control it. But, I also wanted... See more
from Martin Scorsese: “I Have To Find Out Who The Hell I Am.”
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- “the ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
from A quote from The Utopia of Rules
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- A primary reinforcer is something we’re born to desire. A conditioned reinforcer is something we learn to desire, due to its association with a primary reinforcer.
from Why Everything is Becoming a Game
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the world has been gamified
- The basis for any approach to self-transformation is an ever-increasing awareness of reality and the shedding of illusions,” writes Erich Fromm in The Art of Being. He refers often to awakeness, to making conscious what is repressed. To not just hearing, but listening. Not just seeing, but looking, watching. You can do this anywhere, with anything.... See more
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- Success is often a product of environment.
While a polar bear might thrive in the Arctic, it would not thrive in a desert. People are no different. The person who excels in one environment fails in another.
Understanding how environments impact performance changes how you hire. Employees who thrive in one environment easily fail in another if their p... See morefrom Brain Food: Prioritization Beats Efficiency
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Not only do we tend to rewrite our memories according to the narratives we believe in at the moment, we are also easily influenced by word choices e.g. using the phrase ‘a car that zoomed past’ versus ‘a car that drove past’ can cause us to believe different things.
Memory is less so a recording or a catalogue, but more like vapour.
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The same systems that empower us also subject us
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- Fiction Lag (aka Experience-Taking)
When people are captivated by a work of fiction, they unconsciously adopt the traits of their favorite characters. We develop our identities by copying others, and perhaps one reason we enjoy fiction is that it gives us ideas on who to be.from 30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)
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- People choose places; places shape people; people go on to shape other people. We should be thoughtful about the kind of transformation we opt into.
from The Friendship Theory of Everything
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