Josh
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Josh
"For legends attract the very best in our times, just as ideologies attract the average, and the whispered tales of gruesome secret powers behind the scenes attract the very worst." (Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism)
Here’s the other problem with Facebook and Twitter and even The New York Times. When you expose yourself to those things, especially in the constant way that people do now—older people as well as younger people—you are continuously bombarding yourself with a stream of other people’s thoughts. You are marinating yourself in the conventional wisdom.... See more
William Deresiewicz • Solitude and Leadership
Our lives don’t have to become others’ cheap food for consumption.
Anne Helen Petersen • Culture Study | Anne Helen Petersen | Substack
Dont force your kid to blindly adhere to your rules, if they learn to blindly follow you they will not be able to make rational decisions for themselves. I always said "my rules are law, unless you can tell me reasonably why you have a better idea" this gets kids thinking about their situation, and not just acting out against you. Shows them that
... See moreThis is a crucial point: conspiracy culture does not challenge the hyper-individualism that is at the heart of so many crises reaching their breaking points. Instead, it mirrors it, putting all the blame for society’s ills on singularly powerful individuals: Fauci. Gates. Schwab. Soros.
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
The effect of conspiracy culture is the opposite of calm; it is to spread panic.
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
DevRel has always been a role that defies simple definition. It’s not marketing, but it overlaps with marketing. It’s not sales, but it supports sales. It’s not customer success, but it builds relationships with users. And it’s certainly not engineering, though it requires technical skills.
It demands a rare combination of traits: technical... See more
It demands a rare combination of traits: technical... See more
Lee Briggs • The Death of Developer Relations | lbr.
What is DevRel?
Even if you work inside the system, you don’t need to let the system work inside of you. And if you summon up the boldness to go in a different direction, others might even surprise you by following along.