Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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My Lifetime Reading Plan - by Ted Gioia - The Honest Broker My Lifetime Reading Plan
Ted Gioiahonest-broker.com“Bring together things that have not yet been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.”
― Robert Bresson, Notes on the Cinematographer
The Dilemma of Babies on Airplanes
theatlantic.com
From the other side of the bridge (Milan, April 2024)
interconnected.org
I sometimes visualize meeting one person as the equivalent of meeting the Ocean’s 11 crew together at once, wrapped up in one human envelope—we each have distinct parts, and we tell a story to ourselves and the world that they are a coherent whole, but depending on the context different parts step forward into the light on the stage.
Graham Duncan Blog • What’s going on here, with this human?
"If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." - Stephen King
As soon as you start asking questions, you have an obligation to listen to the answers.
Ted Gioia • How to Read Plato
Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work.
—Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation