Forest Linden
@forestlinden
Eternal learner, rabbit holer, curator, and synthesizer. Father, husband, my dog's human, and wilderness wanderer. I write only when I have something worth saying and try to help people through my writing.
Forest Linden
Build the thing you wish existed.
—Source unknown
“What we do for ourselves dies with us when we leave this planet. What we do for other people can live on forever.” ~Sir Ken Robinson
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.
... See more“My dad used to have an expression – ‘It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.’” – Joe Biden
Tariffs, Child Care, Crypto Mining, & Orcas Sink The Rich | Daily Pnut
from Make your Stuff by Austin Kleon:
“it’s not enough to be good. In order to be found, you have to be findable.”
“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.”
“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.”
“Teaching people
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To make your mind more innovative, you have to place it inside environments that share that same network signature:
networks of ideas or people that mimic the neural networks of a mind exploring the adjacent possible.
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Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
“Does anyone read Time or Newsweek (being sold to anyone who will take them) anymore? And when they disappear, who will really miss them?
The problem is that they are both slow and general. The world, on the other hand, is fast and specific. Is there a business here?”
-Seth Godin