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- The more choices someone makes in a work’s creation, the more likely it is to be viewed as making art.
from Art Without Intention by Lincoln Michel
- A secret of the top growth experts in tech is to think about every UX interaction as an emotional event.
from Increase funnel conversion with Psych by Darius Contractor
- We all know “startups are hard,” but I think we tend to imagine that this difficulty is bounded, contained, modelable, a bit like running a marathon: yes, legs and lungs hurt, but that’s normal and appropriate, and we know the route, the distance, and that there’s a finish line. This is a kind of difficulty we can contend with without losing oursel... See more
from Principles and pragmatism by Chris Best
startups are hard in the way life is hard, not in the way a marathon is hard, via Mills Baker
- Are we idealists or pragmatists? Do we have principles we hold dear, and a vision for the future we want to create? Or are we fumbling along, tinkering, finding what works, and forever allowing contact with reality to rearrange our mental furniture, make a mess on our conceptual floor, and occasionally punch so many holes in the walls that need to ... See more
from Principles and pragmatism by Chris Best
on pragmatism vs. idealism
- 95% of content consumption is procrastination disguised as productivity.
Most people waste hundreds of hours consuming “just-in-case” content because it’s “interesting.”
Instead, you should consume "just-in-time" to answer a question keeping you from moving forward.from Tweet by Dickie Bush
that’s why the best way to discover content on Sublime is not by scrolling attentionally, but intentionally (smart search, related cards, etc.)
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
The document explores the significance of pursuing knowledge for its own sake, emphasizing the value of intellectual freedom and the unexpected benefits that can arise from curiosity-driven research.