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“Approach people with a sense of genuine friendliness, and not a defensive crouch,” he says. “They’re not out to get you just because they don’t get you. Then you won’t go around with this armor and this shield and this darkness.” — Stephan Jenkins
Write it down.
Your average e-mail client, browser software, spreadsheet software does not have an opinion regarding how it should be used. Instead, it provides a maximum of flexibility which is appreciated by the average user, yet, not optimal for particular target groups. This enables an untapped potential for challenger firms which are capable of two things (... See more
Felix • The Era of Opinionated Productivity Software: Superhuman, Roam, What’s Next? | HackerNoon
“We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget loves and betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were. Keeping a notebook keeps alive some illusion of who we used to be, allowing us to maintain continuity with a self we’ve already outgrown.”
-Joan Didion (from “On Keeping a
... See moreLife got way chiller once I stopped conceptualizing it as some grand story and instead as just a participant in the cosmic chaos just tryna have a good time
Pavel Asparouhovtwitter.comNah, there is more than that. There is a story. It is grand. And there is a plan and purpose for your life in that story.
The human brain is hardwired to infer intentions behind words. Every time you engage in conversation, your mind automatically constructs a mental model of your conversation partner. You then use the words they say to fill in the model with that person’s goals, feelings and beliefs.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
Erin Glasstwitter.com