Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
The shortest path is the one you don’t abandon.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #631
… anyone interesting is at war with themselves, and can thus be described in just two words.
-Diomedes au Raa
from Pierce Brown’s Dark Age, pg. 19
Do ideas have agency?
Do they crave to be shared?
To be reproduced, like humans?
And if ideas have agency, do stories?
Do we tell stories, or do stories tell us?
Do we make sounds, or do sounds make us?
Does it matter?
Probably not.
Either way, our job is simply to listen.
And in listening, pay attention, be present, and perhaps create something... See more
Do they crave to be shared?
To be reproduced, like humans?
And if ideas have agency, do stories?
Do we tell stories, or do stories tell us?
Do we make sounds, or do sounds make us?
Does it matter?
Probably not.
Either way, our job is simply to listen.
And in listening, pay attention, be present, and perhaps create something... See more
Alex Dobrenko` • How the Sounds of a Calculator Ended Up on Sublime's Website
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Every living thing spends a great deal of time and toil in maintaining its own life and the life of the systems it depends on. Plants tend the life of the soil they grow in. Beavers maintain their dams and thereby the pond that protects them. Humans maintain their bodies, their
my bold
Love is, in part, the willingness to risk being seen as we are; to let go of what we’re supposed to be and, instead, just be . To stand still.
Lauren Razavi • How to Date a Nomad
The Bright Key and the Leaky Ship: A Franklinist Guide to Evaluating Corporate Efficiency (and Folly)
polymathinvestor.com
Half our human effort is now wasted on mere transit, transport, and exchange; the commonwealth is a clearing-house of cases we never open and presents we never enjoy.