Elena
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Elena
They seemed to regard fiction not as something decorative but as a vital moral-ethical tool. They changed you when you read them, made the world seem to be telling a different, more interesting story, a story in which you might play a meaningful part, and in which you had responsibilities.
from A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders
- Compulsion. I think about that word a lot. I believe that all of us, carelessly walking about planet earth, are intrinsically compelled to do something . Itâs in our nature, in the shape of our soul. To excel, to truly be the best, I think itâs crucial to spend time thinking about what that is. Because if you do something other than that, youâre no... See more
from How David Perell Uses ChatGPT as a Creative Partner by Dan Shipper
do it on purpose and find out who you are and note-making is sense-making
- In New York, people speak fast. In the American South, they speak slowly. Both of them are a form of politeness, understood in a different way. In New York, you speak quickly because you respect the value of the other personâs time and you donât want to take up too much of it. In the South, you speak slowly because you want to respect the person by... See more
from Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? by Rory Sutherland
- âEvery city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. Rome is feminine. So is Odessa. London is a teenager, an urchin, and in this hasnât changed since the time of Dickens. Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman.â
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John Bergerfrom A quote by John Berger
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise
... See more- If everyone is busy making everything,
how can anyone perfect anything?
We start to confuse convenience with joy.
Abundance with choice.
Designing something requires focus.
The first thing we ask is:
What do we want people to feel?
Delight.
Surprise.
Love.
Connection.
Then we begin to craft around our intention.
It takes time.
There are a thousand noâs for ever... See morefrom Apple, âIntentionâ | Insights and Inspiration from 50+ Great Examples
As I said, to put our faith in tangible goals would seem to be, at best, unwise. So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES.
But donât misunderstand me. I donât mean that we canât BE firemen, bankers, or doctorsâ but that we must make the goal conform to the individual, ra
... See morefrom Hunter S. Thompsonâs Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life by Farnam Street
- Todayâs document tools arenât built for discussion. Weâve seen so many improvements in how you can write docs like collaborative editing, relational tables, fancy blocks, and more. These features are powerful but they incentivize us to polish and present our ideas. We should spend less time writing documents and more time discussing the ideas.
from Documents arenât built for discussion. by Ayesha Bose
- The vibes are off, but theyâre off fundamentally because they focus only on feelings and emotional connections that have already existed. They donât provide or imagine pathways to new futures; they allow only for an understanding of what feels good or bad based on experiences that have already happened, things that have already been seen.
In other w... See morefrom Nameless Feeling