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To Solve a Tough Problem, Reframe It
- Work, in fact, is interfering with my work,
and I want to work less so that I can have more time to work.
I need another word.
— Eula Biss, Having and Being Hadfrom Always Be Optimizing
- 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.
- According to another global study from a few years ago, and the largest one on the topic so far, over two-thirds (68%) of the public would like more rest.
from If Money Was Not an Issue, What Would You Do?
- According to data aggregated by Cargo Facts Consulting, Temu ships around 4,000 tonnes a day, Shein 5,000 tonnes, Alibaba.com 1,000 tonnes and TikTok 800 tonnes. That equates to around 108 Boeing 777 freighters a day, the consultancy said.
from Focus: Rise of fast-fashion Shein, Temu roils global air cargo industry
- You could say paradigms are harder to change than anything else about a system, and therefore this item should be lowest on the list, not second-to-highest. But there’s nothing physical or expensive or even slow in the process of paradigm change. In a single individual it can happen in a millisecond. All it takes is a click in the mind, a falling o... See more
from Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System by Donella Meadows
- What Žižek advocated for is an example of an idea in political philosophy known as accelerationism. There are a lot of different versions of accelerationism, but the common thread uniting left-wing accelerationists is the notion that the only way to make things better is to make things worse. Accelerationism says that it’s futile to try to oppose o... See more
from Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?