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shashaank
nostalgia, baby! and visual archive
First Emoji Set
Released on the DP-211SW phone in November 1997
I like what I like
the thing that frustrates me about people who make valiant attempts at solving big problems is how often they refuse to learn from the experiences of people who failed making those same attempts, and how little they share their own findings with others. the herd learns so slowly
Visakan Veerasamyx.com
I hate this and love this. Fuck.
Would we necessarily say that government, civic life, the media, or high finance work better now than in the mid-20th century? We can scorn the smug WASP blue bloods from Groton and Choate—and certainly their era’s retrograde views of race and gender—but their leadership helped produce the Progressive movement, the New Deal, victory in World War... See more
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
My house plants became healthier and died less often once I stopped tracking their watering, stopped trying to use moisture meters or other tools, and learned to pick up on their vibes instead.
Many such cases.
Nat Eliasonx.comTo really see and working notes
What amazes me is the lack of understanding that a measuring device is another layer between what you see and want to measure. Sure it can be insightful to measure things and understand what they are but the more complex that gets, you're adding more layers to it, essentially widening the gap between you and the thing in question