Thought provoking
Perfection: Quantity vs Quality
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring
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I'm listening to a podcast about challenge trials and there's a guy on here who volunteered to be infected with Covid and is 72 years old and a scientist. A Nobel prize winning scientist. He has health issues. He did the research though and realized that if he infected himself with Covid that he didn't have any higher of a
... See more7 Ways to Make a Conversation With Anyone | Malavika Varadan | TEDxBITSPilaniDubai
youtube.comJust do it
Skip small talk, ask personal questions
There is no room for negativity, instead find the things in common
Give a honest unique compliment
Ask for a simple opinion
Be present, eye-contact
Remember their details (Name/place etc) Some Important points: just start the conversation, dive right in, pay attention, make them feel valued, and find commonality and discussion topics by asking about opinions and me-too's.
Because the choice is mine, I prefer, insofar as it is possible, and it is not always or even usually possible, not to conduct business with companies that produce products or enable activities which harm young people and contribute to the erosion of individual and civic virtue. The addictive and corrosive effects of pornography and the associated... See more
Why I’m Increasingly Moving Away from OpenAI Toward Anthropic
This is a response from a thread at MPU Talk from this question:
“Why would you want tools that censor what you can use them for? I am not saying you should or should not use it for any particular purpose. But why not leave that decision up to you?”
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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