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Baseball players have to know before the final two hundred milliseconds of a pitch where to swing, so the earlier they pick up anticipatory cues the better.
David Epstein • The Sports Gene
You’ve been so focused on self-improvement that you’ve forgotten what it feels like to be inspired.
Co-star, from my “year ahead” report.
Taste is the bone-deep feeling that you’ve made something good. It is a sense, inexplicable and ephemeral. But it’s also a tangible skill that’s increasingly essential. Taste is how a business differentiates itself when attention is scarce and choice is abundant. Knowing what to make is just as important as the ability to make it.
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
Words are a lossy medium for describing rich, multidimensional ideas.
Oliver Hunt • Building a 21st century interface for science
However, what is less known is that we can also project buried talents and positive qualities onto others. Jung called this the ‘Golden Shadow,’ which contains the creative potential and greatness in ourselves that we are unable to see (except in other people), perhaps because we were shamed for these qualities or maybe because owning them would be... See more
Kirsten Powers • How I Tamed My Envy of Almost Everyone but Especially Elizabeth Gilbert
When we dress to be photographed, we increasingly dress to be distributed as an image, and thus transformed into a kind of ad.
Dirt • Dirt | Substack
Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
Pete Davis • 4 highlights
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