Melanie Levitin
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Melanie Levitin
Values-Based Data Science & Design
In parrhesia, the speaker uses his freedom and chooses frankness instead of persuasion, truth instead of falsehood or silence, the risk of death instead of life and security, criticism instead of flattery, and moral duty instead of self-interest and moral apathy
- There are people that talk about things they love and people that talk about things they hate.
đ· Games I made - a list of social practices
by Joe Edelman of Couchsurfing and âTime Well Spentâ
Quote from âA look inside Miss Piggyâs creator's art-filled Brooklyn duplex - Gothamistâ
- You should address minor irritations (âpinchesâ) before they escalate into major conflicts (âcrunchesâ). Early identification and resolution of pinches promotes honest relationships and minimizes the expected pain of a crunch.
from How to build deeper, more robust relationships | Carole Robin (Stanford GSB professor, âTouchy Feelyâ) by Lenny Rachitsky
So I offer you such freedom of the will as exists for some people, some of the time, occasionally leading them to succeed when others fail; maybe moving them to a higher level of consciousness, above their animal ways, to truly human behavior. Itâs not a total kind of freedom, as RenĂ© Descartes describes in Passions of the Soul (1649), where he wri
... See more- social theory: the best way to make new friends is to invite people to do an activity that will occupy enough of their brain capacity such that their defenses will be down and theyâll be a more open version of themselves
