Leo Guinan
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Leo Guinan
There is a lonely absurdity in the idea of racing against the clock at the end of time,
Jenny Odell • Saving Time
This feels painfully right
Bridge energy , therefore, is the capacity to hold the old and new stories simultaneously, then choosing to dance between them in the present moment. Bridge energy is pragmatic, grounded, earthy, gracious. It's a sense of responsibility. When we embody bridge energy, we acknowledge that every breath we take, every action, every word, is a chance to... See more
manifesto energy
This is where we can use nostalgia. Bringing the past into the present, finding the stories that people value and bringing them forward into a new age. The past coming forth into the present in order to unlock a brighter future.
Anne Helen Petersen once memorably described this as "LARPing your job"—performing a theatrical version of productivity. Workers engage in elaborate displays of "being at work": staying visible on Slack, responding to emails at all hours, and maintaining a digital presence that signals industriousness. The tools have evolved—from software that... See more
AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’
What we value and Memetic Foundations of Human Value
If you pretend to pay them, they’ll pretend to work.
Work has to be tied to performance and salary. People have to have an obvious target to shoot for.
We may live in an age of abundance, but with our sense of self tied to the proprietorship of rivalrous assets, scarcity will need to exist. Even if we must code it ourselves.
Mario Gabriele • Scarcity as an API
Abundant systems remove the need for this.
it's important we don't rush.
Divya Siddarth • Building Capacity for Exit to Community
Things need to evolve on the timelines that information is returned.
At large scales, average anything goes to zero.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future • Trust Economies - The Future of Social Networks
Damn, that’s a big truth.
Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That’s had a big impact on my work.
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
Intuition is compressed knowledge
Despite my tendency to procrastinate, I’ve gotten (mostly) good at not being late for things because I spend a lot of my energy trying to not let other people down.
TRUSTWORTHY TRUST
How much energy is lost for the sake of trying to maintain some level of “adulting”?
The ideas aren’t all gold, but they seem to find the people who want them, and they start to give life.
Nicholas Goodey • Resistance and Embracing Your Nature
Ideas don’t need to be perfect. The ones that are the best find their audience. But only when shared.