Sirnesto

@sirnesto

Believer in a bright future for humanity. Alarmed at current trajectories. Dad building the plane while flying it. PKM nerd.

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“Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.” - Cal Newport

Philosophy of PKM

The Questions That Will Get Me Through the Pandemic

John Dickerson theatlantic.com

"but we also have the advantage of … we don’t have to be full of shit. We’re not actually a surveillance company. I’m not trying to pretend Facebook is good. I don’t have to toe a party line that is divorced from reality. And we aren’t Big Tech." (Andrew Deck, Signal President Meredith Whittaker on Resisting Government Threats to Privacy)

“Power is the currency of change, and policy is merely frozen power.” - David Rolf

“If you are looking for something in your house and you finally find it, when you're done with it, don't put it back where you found it. Put it back where you first looked for it.” - Kevin Kelly - My Addendum: this applies to notes in a PKM system too!

Philosophy of PKM

“He was coming in hard and low: a squat missile. I got to my feet and watched him come. I didn't try to run. I was transfixed.

It had been thirty-three and a half years since the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's notorious death order against me and all those involved in the publication of The Satanic Verses, and during those years, I confess, I had

Switching Candidates Was the Right Call. Will Dems Learn the Lesson?

Aaron Regunberg newrepublic.com

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell from 1984

The RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust

ALI SWENSON apnews.com