evanovich
@evancm
Geeky. Gay. Guy. Lost Angeles. Project/Program mgmt. Design. Tech. Actualization. Art. Insight. Nature.
evanovich
- You actually can contemplate creating a new (cognitive) foundation for the world, something that vast numbers of very different people will actually want to count on. It’s been done before. It doesn’t require anything literally impossible. It’s not wilder than stuff respectable people discuss freely like “building AGI” or “creating a new and better... See more
Change is the Only Constant and Human Connections
How does one prepare for a reorganization of the way we organize as a society? Culture? Nation? Species? How many OTHERs will be lost in the process?
It’s important to say what hope is not: it is not the belief that everything was, is, or will be fine. The evidence is all around us of tremendous suffering and tremendous destruction. The hope I’m interested in is about broad perspectives with specific possibilities, ones that invite or demand that we act.
from Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
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If your loved ones wondered how much you value them, now they know.
Ooomph. Liberal rage, but kiiiinda justified.
I wish, sometimes, briefly, I wasn’t so aware, informed, sensitive, self important, arrogant, compassionate, and (obviously) emotional. It is very painful to be a highly sensitive person. I’ve spent many years actually trying to dumb/numb/slow myself down.
I call this the high price of awareness.
I wonder what the experience of life is like for all t
... See more“Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” There is no other way to get anywhere.
from 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
- The ultimate tool for corporations to sustain a culture of this sort is to develop the 40-hour workweek as the normal lifestyle. Under these working conditions people have to build a life in the evenings and on weekends. This arrangement makes us naturally more inclined to spend heavily on entertainment and conveniences because our free time is so ... See more
from Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed by raptitude.com
- In this world we have two kinds of knowledge. One is Planck knowledge, the people who really know. They’ve paid the dues, they have the aptitude. And then we’ve got chauffeur knowledge. They’ve learned the talk. They may have a big head of hair, they may have fine temper in the voice, they’ll make a hell of an impression. But in the end, all they h... See more
from Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test by Shane Parrish
- I built and sold a business that allowed me to retire at age 44. It was called Data Storage, Inc., information, knowledge, and records management is my jam. 10 Years ago I gave a speech about the half life of knowledge to a bunch of MBA aspirants at a university business school. This is the Twitter synopsis. The half life of knowledge is the ... See more
Brilliant. Terrifying. I’m old.
