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Lessons on living a good life
weekly Go Flip Yourself and dreaming of a better internet
Internet ate the world; then broke; then some people rallied to fix it; then… we’re lost — disoriented
what do we collectively even desire?
at first, you just want to hang out and have fun; then you grow up and have less time for the group chat
saying you want to change something, and actually changing it are two different jobs
the New Internet needs a more honest relationship to money
Are.na is deserving of its unofficial title as golden child of the New Internet
Parents most important role being: "preparing [our kids] to navigate and build their Tomorrow."
After thousands of hours conversing, I came to the conclusion that if we had one thing to watch out and nurture, the pillar of it all, the one precious trait that has been mistreated for way too long while being at the core of any human initiative
... See morefrom Confidence & cie. by Mathilde Baillet
weekly Objet library and weekly Go Flip Yourself
Objects that expose their “marks of making”, or artifacts of how they were constructed, are a reminder that everything is made. Nothing simply appears. In a time when most people are wholly detached from making anything they consume, it’s easy to lose sight of that fact. I’m not necessarily lamenting this disconnect, but I appreciate any design which reminds us (whether intentionally or not) that it was made.
First, we need more cults in this world. Second, each one of us represents a cult of our own personality that we have to manage. And third, we all have to be careful what we worship.
In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone.
from The Absorbent Mind: A Classic in Education and Child Development for Educators and Parents by Maria Montessori
