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To return to information overload: this means treating your "to read" pile like a river (a stream that flows past you, and from which you pluck a few choice items, here and there) instead of a bucket (which demands that you empty it). After all, you presumably don't feel overwhelmed by all the unread books in the British Library – and not because

Oliver Burkeman • Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket

“People aren't longing to be impressed; they're longing to feel like they're home. If you create a space full of love and character and creativity and soul, they'll take off their shoes and curl up with gratitude and rest, no matter how small, no matter how undone, no matter how odd.” ― Shauna Niequist

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When hiring, look for people with the right attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.

Walter Isaacson • Elon Musk

“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”

Maria Flynn • Opinion | The A.I. Economy Will Make Jobs More Human - The New York Times

We want a platform where we can swim in curiosity, where we can feel like our contributions amount to more and more over time, where we are encouraged to seek out the most arcane pieces of information and to juxtapose those pieces of information with current events in order to re-orient ourselves.

Above all, we want to be able to play with

Charles Broskoski • Information Systems

"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)" - Walt Whitman

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