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- If I aired a highlight reel of your most selfish life moments and most shameful thoughts, you'd seem like an awful person. If I aired a reel of your best, kindest moments, you'd seem like a saint. But people aren't highlight reels, and the unedited cut is always a messy mix!
- To scale a community, build lots of special, one-of-a-kind places for a few people at a time, and then work with the most active members to build fast interconnects between them.
from A cellular theory of communities | thesephist.com by Linus Lee
There is a whole lot of goodness out there when the right systems are in place.
- AOL's power eroded. In a growing web of millions of websites, the most valuable activity was no longer to tell people what to consume. Instead, it was to help people find what they were looking for. And so, Google emerged as the internet's primary gatekeeper — and moneymaker.
from Crypto and the Conservation of Centralization by Dror Poleg
The problem is that when you make productivity personal, you put the pressure on individuals to figure out the tension between different roles in their life. You’re telling them: You figure out how you organize the work, how you execute it. The more you do, the better. Now you have this tension of: If I spend less time with my family, I could do m
... See morefrom The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You Down - The New York Times by Cal Newport
- there are concepts behind BitClout that are great. But, the current model is best case: really lacking and worst case: illegal.
from BitClout Discussion by Steph Smith
- You're always one decision away from a completely new life.
from WePresent | Marty Bell’s 10 tips for a more fulfilling (and fun) life by Marty Bell
When I discuss my research, no one argues that, when trying to improve something, we don’t often subtract. Listeners nod knowingly when I mention how we pile on “to-dos” when we really need “to-stops,” or how we create incentives for good behavior … but don’t get rid of obstacles to it. It rings true when I mention that
... See morefrom The Untapped Potential of Less by Leidy Klotz
- I’m actually surprised that no one has developed game interfaces for running a business yet. When you start to think about all of the disparate, 2D tools we use to work as compared to the rich, contained environments in which gamers play, the way we do things seems bland.
from Secure the BaaG by Packy McCormick