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Kelly's insight about wine applies perfectly to how we think about personal growth. Just as mindlessly drinking more wine doesn't make us better wine connoisseurs, frantically doing more doesn't make us more successful humans. When we apply Type 2 thinking to our lives, it shifts everything - from how we parent (quality time over scheduled... See more
I love to hear the embryo of a classic song. Here in this case he had the chords and timing down right off the bat. It didn't need "improving" or shape. To their credit the others knew not to touch it as it sounded whole and complete. They could have said things like, "what if you went to a major chord there" or "slow it down" or "shorten it", etc.
World Inspiration • The moment Paul McCartney played ‘Let It Be’ to the rest of The Beatles, 1969
Briefly: a flow is any change over time, and a stock is the accumulation of flows. So your refrigerator's stock of food is fairly constant over time, but this consists of flows in when you shop, and flows out when you eat. The value of a business (the stock) is the value of existing assets plus future free cash flows.1 But wait! That value is... See more
Stocks and Flows
As Mr. Petrini has said, “The quest for slowness, which begins as a simple rebellion against the impoverishment of taste in our lives, makes it possible to rediscover taste.” He is talking most forcibly about food, but this focus on a different, slower way reverberates into all facets of our lives.
The problem is that it’s an addiction. We are addicted to being informed, which makes complete sense, because we are little animals. If the rabbit could know exactly what danger it could or will face, it would be all over RabbitTok. Our little brains love knowing exactly what is up, and we love being nosy. These platforms haven't created these... See more
Kyla Scanlon • The TikTok Ban Shows America Is At War With Itself
Reclaiming Attention
But do remember, it’s the same thing! It’s the same thing, forever and always. Look at this:
Houllebecq - value detaches from human experience
Dostoyevsky - rapid progress can fracture human psychology
Philip K. Dick - our struggle to distinguish reality from simulation
Kurt Vonnegut - automation would both solve and create problems... See more
But do remember, it’s the same thing! It’s the same thing, forever and always. Look at this:
Houllebecq - value detaches from human experience
Dostoyevsky - rapid progress can fracture human psychology
Philip K. Dick - our struggle to distinguish reality from simulation
Kurt Vonnegut - automation would both solve and create problems... See more