Tanuj

These moments of feel aren’t reserved for big moments. In fact, they’re most important for routine actions you perform over and over again. [...] In reality, it’s the mundane, everyday interactions that need our attention most.

Human existence is scary and confusing.

My first recommendation would be fiction. Reading fiction is important to understand the cross-sectional variation in humanity, to understand how difficult generalizations can be, to just get a sense of how different social pieces fit together, and to get a sense of different historical eras – and plus, reading fiction is often just plain flat-out... See more

If we want to collect the most energy physically possible, we'll have to build the largest most ambitious structure in the universe. The Dyson Sphere, a megastructure that encompasses a whole star to capture its power output.

When you hold on the checkbox we need a way to both immediately communicate the tap and yet guide you to keep holding. [...] The 2D portion is a particle simulation that “feeds” the growing sphere made with Lottie. It’s inspired by the charging animation common in games before your character delivers a big blow. Every action needs a windup. A big... See more

Notice that we’re not defining technology as a solution to a problem, but rather a path to an end. Though many technologists see their work as “problem-solving”, problems are in the eye of the beholder; one first has to make decisions about what constitutes a problem before making decisions to solve it in a particular way. That decision-making... See more

Knowing the name of this idea gives you a scaffolding to hang your mind on. The name triggers the example in your mind.