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Craft as a new type of knowledge: wisdom. Implicit knowledge learned through the constant repetition of a task.
Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone wants to succeed immediately and without pain or effort. Really? Or they love to write books about how to write books, rather than actually writing . . . a book that might actually be about something. Bad advice is everywhere. Build a following. Establish a platform. Learn how to scam the sys
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
“Los discípulos de Rousseau, que hablan tanto acerca de la naturaleza y la feliz condición del hombre en el estado natural, no se percataron que los medios de subsistencia son escasos y de que el estado natural del hombre es la pobreza extrema y la inseguridad. —Mientras los industriales mejoraban los métodos de producción para proveer un mejoramie
... See moreCrisis moments lead to existential openings that force us to grapple with the deepest questions about life. By way of loss or by way of wonderment. - Andrew Taggart
Underneath the fear of death often lies a profound love for life.
Steve Schlafman 🐌 @schlaf
Having a narrow idea of what a successful career look like constrains our curiosity and limits our ambition to pursue the work we actually want to do.
One is that "[humans are..] the measure of all things, of things that are that they are, of things that are not that they are not" which is commonly interpreted as affirming philosophical relativism, but it can also be interpreted as claiming that knowledge is only relevant to humankind, that moral rightness and other forms of knowle
... See moreI am looking now for software that insists I make choices rather than whispers that none are needed. I don’t want my digital life to be one shame closet after another. A new metaphor has taken hold for me: I want it to be a garden I tend, snipping back the weeds and nourishing the plants.
Ezra Klein • Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
How good we can transform and re-use buildings and areas that no longer fit our needs is a good criteria for future cities. Cities have been in constant evolution since Uruk became a city over five thousand years ago. There are walls in Lebanon that were built using Roman marble columns.
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation