Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
The modern style of parenting is not just exhausting for adults; it is also based on assumptions about what children need to thrive that are not supported by evidence from our evolutionary past. For most of human history, people had lots of kids, and children hung out in intergenerational social groups in which they were not heavily supervised.
... See moreDarby Saxbe • Parents Should Ignore Their Children More Often
you need to accumulate your own mistakes for someone to be able to give you personalized, specific advice. And you need to put in the reps to accumulate mistakes. Therefore, the more reps you put in, the more relevant and helpful advice you can receive.
However, it seems most humans are plagued by the tendency to avoid work by staying stuck in the
... See moreRecovering Overthinker • Collecting Advice Is Killing Your Progress
Overall, this is about shifting your mindset from “What else do I need to learn?” to “What can I do with what I already know?”
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Beyond Overpreparation: How to Start Before You Feel Ready
Usability Issues Caused by Infinite Scrolling
Despite the benefits discussed above, infinite scrolling does have several drawbacks, which can impair the user experience:
Difficulty refinding content
Illusion of completeness
Inability to access the end of the page
Accessibility problems
Increased page load
Poor SEO performance
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” Nothing truly meaningful or lasting has ever been created in a short period of time. If you learn the story behind any great success, you realize how many years went by and how many hard choices were made to achieve it. Reaching for more is not only an act of ambition, it also comes from passion
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Tragically, four children are reported to have been killed. However, compared to almost any other military operation, this act of mass sabotage appears to have produced very few unintended deaths. It is an example of exactly the sort of calibrated violence that Israel’s critics claim to support. And it has delivered a profound psychological blow to
... See moreSam Harris • Sometimes, Violence Really Is the Answer
I’m also cautious-curious about manifestation from a psychological perspective – such as how visualization and self-belief might influence behavior and thus outcomes, rather than any supernatural mechanism. So I’m happy to let friends say they’re manifesting something without having to start a debate.
