Josh
@jpw
Josh
This 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
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
a point that I try to emphasize for independent creators or makers: humility, generally, does *not* pay. It's a trap. You have to put your name out there, and claim your wins.
Anil Dash (@anildash.com)
Business and software and Challenging thoughts
On Gruber’s “Very insightful and not negative” story about Steve Jobs.
https://daringfireball.net/2025/05/15_years_later_very_insightful_and_not_negative
“I know this” is a life on pause. “I don’t know this” is where the future lies.
Quote from Amy Hoy
"When one's concern for ideas, no matter how dedicated and sincere, reduces them to the service of some central limited preconception or some wholly external end, intellect gets swallowed by fanaticism. If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no independent commitment to ideas, it is having an excess of commitment to... See more
Merry Christmas Eve.
While preparing for holiday festivities yesterday I listened to over 100 recordings of my favorite traditional Christmas carol: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen.
Here's a thread of the top 7. I award extra points for creativity, fullness of sound, and house party appropriateness.
While preparing for holiday festivities yesterday I listened to over 100 recordings of my favorite traditional Christmas carol: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen.
Here's a thread of the top 7. I award extra points for creativity, fullness of sound, and house party appropriateness.
Bluesky
"Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear." — Hannah Arendt
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
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