Leo Guinan
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Leo Guinan
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The second energy is that of the new story . It’s animated by the human capacity to create, to dream, to believe what lays beyond the horizon is more beautiful than what lays behind us. It is the energy of possibility, hope, airiness, and faith. It's what emerges when we drop the protective shield of cynicism, allow our hearts to act as compass,... See more
manifesto energy
This is Human Insurance. We want to protect what makes us human, and not let anyone take that from us.
I still did have to go through some “suck” but it wasn’t the actions I was avoiding, it was the emotions I was avoiding
Paul Millerd • No, Everything Doesn't Have To Suck | #291
This is the trick right here
Similar to Zhang Yiming, Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care very much about the content on his platforms and is much more interested in technology and AI.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
Boom. This is the issue.
Many people who don’t survive the Beowulf arc
every story is a degrowth story
Nobody survives the Beowulf arc
To take only one Roman example, Cicero said that “whoever gives his labor for money sells himself and puts himself in the rank of slaves.”
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
None of us are saints, but we can all try to be better. Each time you do something generous, you're shaping yourself into someone who's more likely to be generous next time, and that matters.
Ted Chiang • Exhalation: Stories
Generosity is self-perpetuating
“Wotan, the All-Father, understood that violence without wisdom leads to destruction, while wisdom without violence remains impotent. To gain true knowledge, he sacrificed himself to himself, hanging from the World Tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days and nights, wounded by his own spear. Only through this voluntary suffering, this self-inflicted wound,
... See moreAt least now I know what I did.
This state the importance of unread books in a library. They're the reflection of the things we don't know. Just like Empty notes are better than no notes at all, it's a very socratic approach, considering his famous quote:
Knowing this, we should not expect the proportion of unread books in our library to decrease.... See more
What I know is that I know nothing
Knowing this, we should not expect the proportion of unread books in our library to decrease.... See more
Antilibrary - My second-brain
Unread is important.