Mark Rudden
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Mark Rudden
As corporations drape themselves in rainbow colors for Pride month, remember that they only engage in such activism in the West where it's fashionable, and not in the East where it's actually needed, because their activism is motivated not by principles but by PR. https://t.co/jV1VCCRCxZ
“The happiest people want the lowest profile.”
Brain Food: Apprenticeship
“There's a second component of reading that many people don't realize exists: searching for the good books. There are a huge number of books and only a small percentage of them are really good, so reading means searching. Someone who tries to read but doesn't understand about the need to search will end up reading bad books, and will wonder why peo... See more
Brain Food: The Rarest Thing You Possess
Regarding "one of those days", when everything seems to go wrong: most of these aren't really all that bad, we just make them that way by noticing the everyday negative things more, and by creating opportunities for entropy to manifest simply by expecting it to. Most of "those" days can be conquered by doggedly refusing to accept a whole day
... See moreI know that the people who will make you feel warm and fuzzy when you’re sad, and the people who will give you brutally honest feedback, are usually different people. Ideally you want to have relationships with both kinds, and reward them for their strengths, rather than getting mad at them for failing to do what they’re bad at.
Restlessness is a sign you've overstayed your welcome with where you are and need to leave by moving toward the person you can be. Our love of stability keeps us where we are. The key is to leave just before you’re ready. If you leave too late, you miss the opportunity.
"If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." — Lucy Larcom
“But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
Mark Twain Quotes (Author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
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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