DavidGsda
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DavidGsda
The tools we use and create
should be made with dignity.
And they should support the dignity
of the people that use them.
As well as our individual taste,
and others'.
–After convo with Yanis.
Central to neurodiversity is the idea that naturally occurring variations in the human brain should be seen as differences rather than deficits. Some people consider neurodiversity to be related to the concept of biodiversity — a term you will mostly see being used for the purpose of advocating for the conservation of species.
Ness Labs • What Is Neurodiversity?
People think, learn, behave, and experience the world around them in many different ways. Some of this diversity is due to neurological differences. Neurodiversity refers to those variations in neurocognitive functioning.
Ness Labs • What Is Neurodiversity?
I met some of my heroes and some of them sucked; I attended events that were hollow and demented but looked fun online; I eventually realized the best parts of my life weren’t exclusive whatsoever but run-of-the-mill: a result not of being elevated above my peers (on a stage, say) but thrust among them (in the crowd). In time I came to see these po... See more
Haley Nahman • #221: “The tension of staying too long”
wrong, wrong, wrong
it's not desire or motivation or willpower, but positive CONTEXTS that are scarce
when you're in france you speak french, when you're in cambridge you go to class, when you're at a hackathon you code. we need to scale the right kinds of contexts to inculcate
