Josh
@jpw
Josh
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
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
It’s pretty funny when you see how, being comfortable with being disliked, actually makes you even more likeable. It’s one of the many ways in which life can be really unfair.
visakan veerasamy • Are You Serious?
"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
One of my biggest mental breakthroughs was when I changed my mindset from
"This system is stupid and I'm going to spend all my energy fighting it."
to
"Even though this system is stupid, I'm going to operate within it to my advantage."
Much better results, way less stress.
"This system is stupid and I'm going to spend all my energy fighting it."
to
"Even though this system is stupid, I'm going to operate within it to my advantage."
Much better results, way less stress.
Aaron Francis (@aaronfrancis.com)
"Monetize" is a terrible word that tacitly admits that there is no such thing as an "attention economy." You can't use attention as a medium of exchange. You can't use it as a store of value. You can't use it as a unit of account. Attention is like cryptocurrency: a worthless token that is only valuable to the extent that you can trick or coerce... See more