Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
“I know that talent doesn’t feel like you’re amazing. It feels like the difficulties that trouble others are mysteriously absent in your case. Don’t ask yourself where your true gifts lie. Ask what other people seem weirdly bad at.” Sasha Chapin
what do your ideas want from you?
bewrong.substack.com
how to live with the discomfort of learning (instead of running from it)
open.substack.com
In a recent series of studies at Cornell University, psychologists Thomas Gilovich and Clayton Critcher asked participants to think about what they'd be doing if they weren't in the lab: Some were asked to think about leisure, others about obligations. Then, all participants completed a jigsaw puzzle. Afterward, they were asked if their minds had... See more
Could boredom be curable? - The Boston Globe
The weird thing is that the word “leader” itself is cliché and boring, but when you come across somebody who actually is a real leader, that person isn’t cliché or boring at all; in fact he’s sort of the opposite of cliché and boring.... See more
Obviously, a real leader isn’t just somebody who has ideas you agree with, nor is it just somebody you happen to
David Foster Wallace on Leadership, Illustrated and Read by Debbie Millman
IOGraphica
iographica.com
The most important active step you can take to cultivate your curiosity is probably to seek out the topics that engage it. Few adults are equally curious about everything, and it doesn't seem as if you can choose which topics interest you. So it's up to you to
find
them. Or invent them, if necessary.
find
them. Or invent them, if necessary.
Paul Graham • How to Think for Yourself
"Seeing" by Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard reflects on the power and wonder of truly seeing the world around us, and the importance of being open to the beauty and surprises that life has to offer.
aimeeknight.wordpress.com