Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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In an ongoing study, Wilson observes college students who are left alone in a room, with no phone or other distractions, for 15 minutes. "They hate it," he said. "One would think we could spend that time mentally entertaining ourselves. But we can't. We've forgotten how."
Could boredom be curable? - The Boston Globe
So what’s the smallest way to have that kind of experience?
Matt Webb • Protocol Fiction, Desire, and Belief
Matt Webb asks in Protocols, Desire, and Belief in the context of creating belief and desire as illustrated by Stripes insanely simple “seven lines of code” to integrate
What you don’t want to happen is unsustainable stress, or for people to not share failure or tell you when you’re wrong. So you need to actively fight this as the leader by: a) asking for dissent (“does everyone agree this is the right path? Does anyone disagree”? and letting a silence hang until someone speaks) b) reward debate.
Sam Gerstenzang • Operating well – what I learned at Stripe
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"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" - Walt Whitman
You should find the candidate confusing at times. If you first see their dysfunction, you should know you have yet to find their genius, and vice versa.