Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
Offline we exist by default; online we have to post our way into selfhood.
Will W.
iamwillwang.comA skeptical New York Times review of the World’s Fair television demonstration wrote that “[t]he problem with television is that people must sit and keep their eyes glued on a screen; the average American family hasn’t time for it.” It was soon proven incorrect – though there were only a few hundred television sets in use in the United States by
... See moreYou want to know how to paint a perfect painting? It's easy. Make yourself perfect and then just paint naturally.
I met many aspiring artists in my early 20s. Observing their trajectories since then, I've learned that long-shot careers in the arts (famous singer, actor, songwriter, filmmaker, etc.) are long shots not because success relies on wild luck or rare genius or insane connections. Success stories pretty reliably happen for people who combine three... See more
Tim Urbanx.com"Always produce" is also a heuristic for finding the work you love. If you subject yourself to that constraint, it will automatically push you away from things you think you're supposed to work on, toward things you actually like. "Always produce" will discover your life's work the way water, with the aid of gravity, finds the hole in your roof.
paulgraham.com • How to Do What You Love
A friend of mine who is a quite successful doctor complains constantly about her job. When people applying to medical school ask her for advice, she wants to shake them and yell "Don't do it!" (But she never does.) How did she get into this fix? In high school she already wanted to be a doctor. And she is so ambitious and determined that she... See more
paulgraham.com • How to Do What You Love
