Minsuk Kang 강민석
- You don't need a goal, you need a theme: "With a theme, happiness becomes more about how you behave rather than what you achieve. Life is not a series of wins and losses. Though our highs and lows may shock us, lift us up, and forever shape our memories, they do not define us. Most of life happens in the in-between, and what we want in life must... See more
- Ask a TikTok megafan, someone who’s totally unapologetic and proud about their love of the service: what’s a TikTok that you still come back to, a year later, two years later, three? I think the honest answer is “none.” Because like so many other things in our culture, those videos are designed to be thrown away. They can’t hurt you, but they can’t... See more
Can You Imagine? A Library of Possibilities for Reimagining the Web
- The invention of paper in China around 105 AD made writing significantly easier and more accessible. Faster and cheaper to produce than papyrus and parchment – one Bible required the skins of 300 sheep to produce – it contributed to the spread of literacy to the masses.
Can You Imagine? A Library of Possibilities for Reimagining the Web
- If possible, I would like my readers to savour that same emotion when they read my books. I want to open a window in their souls and let the fresh air in. This is what I think of, and hope for, as I write – purely and simply.
from ‘I want to open a window in their souls’: Haruki Murakami on the power of writing simply
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The audience comes last. The audience doesn't know what they want. The audience only knows what's come before. - Rick Rubin
- "Do you think it's ever okay to lie?" I ask.
"I advocate never lying in personal relationships. But if you have Anne Frank in your attic and a Nazi knocks on the door, lie....I lie to any government official." (Blanton's politics are just this side of Noam Chomsky's.) "I lie to the IRS. I always take more deductions than are justified. I lie in golf... See morefrom I Think You're Fat by A.J. Jacobs
- Steven Pressfield on determination:
"I’ve seen a million writers with talent. It means nothing. You need guts, you need stick-to-it-iveness. It’s work, you gotta work, do the freakin’ work. That’s why you’re gonna make it, son. You work. No one can take that away from you." - I used to think speed equaled competence. If you’re a motivated student, you may find yourself on the “accelerated” track. Instead of learning things that challenge you, you are simply rushed through the curriculum, “covering” concepts at a faster rate than your peers. Since I transitioned to homeschool, I never move on from a problem or subject be... See more
from A Constitution for Teenage Happiness by Ruby LaRocca