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my little life of optionality—my malleable, absorbent dunnage which lessens the shock of surprises, avoids pain and prevents breakage. No commitments, nobody counting on me, no one to disappoint and no one to disappoint me. Still, if life becomes intolerable—a measure which is lowered with each available treatment, each magical distraction—I have a... See more
Pain & Surprise
beautifully strung together words on the curse of optionality and how staying put is progress.
We’re beginning to see individual creators bundling together (e.g. the everything bundle), and there are examples of companies that are at least partially audience-funded (e.g. are.na’s investment campaign).
Tom Critchlow • Reimagining the Research Lab
Contrary to popular assumption, risk isn’t one-dimensional. Steady salary jobs have a tail risk that people don’t see.
Daniel Vassallo • Daniel Vassallo on Applied Antifragility – Visión Periférica Podcast • Podcast Notes
It feels so necessary to be witnessed, as though the desire for a bystander is baked into human DNA. We want to be seen, heard, felt, smelled, tasted, touched, and we find all sorts of ways to do that: to force our pasta upon guests, to extend our hands in welcome, to douse ourselves in perfume, all with the hope to be held in thought by others.
Mari Andrew • 5 life lessons from the ICU
"The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds— a person assailed by many forces competing for attention. At one time those forces were relatively few: newspapers, magazines, radio, spouse, children, pets. Today they also include a galaxy of electronic devices for receiving entertainment and information— television, VCRs, DVDs, C... See more
William Zinsser • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
All the people who have achieved positions of power and authority due to prior generations of technology are now threatened by new technology.