Squirrel

@squirrel

Lifelong creative, insatiably curious & compulsive puzzle solver. My passion = open source intelligence (OSINT). Fascinated with mysteries of the brain & the intersection of technology.

Every journey conceals another journey within its lines… - J Winterson

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One reason for that is obvious: if you’re popular — and storytellers are — you’re more likely to have a partner. Another potential explanation is that the rest of the community is inclined to look favorably on the storyteller’s family and extend help when needed in the form of childcare, pitching in to look after a sick family member, or even... See more

Jeffrey Kluger • How Telling Stories Makes Us Human

Storytelling

we can use design principles and discipline to shape our minds. This is different from acquiring knowledge. It’s about designing how each of us thinks, remembers, and communicates—appropriately and effectively for the digital age.

David Brooks • This Will Make You Smarter

The tools we use change the way our brains work

Transcendence of ordinary consciousness is not this kind of belief but a discovery and a development inside our minds of a different kind of knowledge. It is not intellectual or emotional, either, but the development of a conscious insight.

Sally Mallam • The Written Word

Storytelling

Humans are a story-telling species. The stories we tell ourselves and each other guide how we live in and relate to the world. They are the social technology through which we make sense of the world and give meaning to our lived experiences. Like the mycelium that runs below our feet, stories are everywhere, threading and reshaping our reality,... See more

Niels Devisscher • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown

Storytelling

A tyrant tightens his grip not just by seizing power, but when he demands new powers and when those who can stop him willingly cede and bend to his will.

Diffcult things that make me ponder

There’s a quote from Denise Lee Yohn that we really like—“Great brands are idea led AND consumer informed.” They don’t just push new ideas out there, nor do they just ask customers what they want. They do both—pioneering new ideas, and then working hard to understand how those ideas are being experienced and received in everyday situations.

Humpbacks have a more diverse diet and were able to adapt to harsh conditions; their songs didn’t change. But blue and fin whales feed almost exclusively on krill, and their songs were detected less often than years prior.

Diffcult things that make me ponder

Occurring throughout both Homeric epics, passages like these give the listener or reader a feeling of connection to others and to a cosmic order that author Angus Fletcher tells us “triggers our pituitary ... prompting a rise in our blood oxytocin” even when reading silently and alone. The Iliad calls upon our courage and gives us the “heated... See more

Sally Mallam • The Oral Tale

Storytelling

a means of bonding; there is a sense of closer connection to those with whom we share spontaneous and often personal stories.

Sally Mallam • The Evolution of Storytelling

Storytelling