Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
The attachment we have to an individual can supersede an overall decrease in our quality of life, and so the love we usually have toward our children means that our choice to bring them into existence has value above and beyond whatever effect they have on our happiness.
Paul Bloom • What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
Science of happiness and Raising children
value above mere happiness
The one thing you can’t escape in your life is yourself. Anyone who’s traveled long enough knows this. It’s eventually clear we carry with us on the road more baggage than just our suitcase and our backpacks. Emerson, who in his own life traveled to England and Italy and France and Malta and Switzerland (as well as extensively across America),
... See moreRyan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
The Rules of Brainstorming
Quantity over quality
No such thing as a bad idea
Build on each others ideas
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. Nothing is so dead as a diamond.
– Alan Watts
To come up with new ideas, you have to have space to be messy, to procrastinate, and to let your mind wander and free-associate. But there needs to be a balance. You eventually need to channel it into something concrete, or you won’t produce anything.
Dasha Nekrasova • Jon Rafman and Dasha Nekrasova on the Horror We Call Life
Jedes Elternteil darf zweimal jung sein: einmal in der eigenen Kindheit und einmal durch die Augen der Kinder. Selbst durch den dichten Nebel der Müdigkeit verstand ich, was für ein unglaubliches Privileg das ist. Es ist die Chance, nicht nur jemanden vollständig zu lieben, sondern sich zu erinnern, wenn es halbwegs gut lief, wie es war, selbst so
... See moreAdam Fletcher • Alltag Mit Kleinkind • Z+ Empfehlung: Der Beste Grund, Kinder Zu Kriegen, Ist Einer, Den Dir Niemand Nennt | DIE ZEIT
In spite of what I just said about how serious practitioners do get triggered, it’s also true that the shape of your mind changes such that you are not default worried. And when this happens, you realize that most people are default worried. Like, most people have a free-floating existential worry drive that latches onto any signal that things are
... See moreSasha Chapin from Sasha's 'Newsletter' • My Mind Transformed Completely, and There Were Some Tradeoffs
Peter Steinberger on complex AI orchestration systems
(in How OpenClaw's Creator Uses AI to Run His Life in 40 Minutes | Peter Steinberger)