Robin Good
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Question the common belief that happiness is the primary purpose of life.
Consider instead that a life aimed at being useful—creating, helping others, and making a difference—could be more fulfilling and meaningful.
Darius Foroux via Glasp
Listen up, guys: this is good [drawing a question mark on the board]... and this is bad [drawing an exclamation point].
Good is doubt, when you meet someone who doubts, relax, it means they're a good person, it means they're democratic, tolerant.
But when you meet these ones [pointing at the exclamation point], those who are certain, with unwaverin
Curating = Unpacking for a General Audience
Thomas B. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, shares in this TED video, his journey to become a respected museum curator, and the valuable discoveries and insights realized along the way.
This passage, in particular, struck with me louder than a thousand words:
"We live in an age of ubiquitous information, and sort of "just add water" expertise, but there's nothing that compares with the presentation of significant objects in a well-told narrative... what the curator does, the interpretation of a complex, esoteric subject, in a way that retains the integrity of the subject, that makes it -- unpacks it for a general audience."
"empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them"
Ivan Illich - Deschooling Society
Learning and
Content Curation and Knowledge Management
Humans learn through analogy, not logic.
We need narratives that we identify with, we need examples we can relate to.
Source: Chris Wong
Content Curation Toolkit 2.0
Based on existing SuperGuide but with the use of affiliate links for tools
Collecting and organizing all tools needed / connected / related to the job of curating content. Organizing them into separate groups defined by the need / activity / problem. Joining affiliate programs of tools / apps that offer such opportunity.
... See more“Cultivating infinite devotion is the prerequisite for becoming great in any field.
The external rewards typically take so long to appear that the people who ultimately persist to success are the ones who cultivate their internal motivation to the point where the external rewards are just the cherry on top, not the core goal.
From the outside, thes