Valerie
@vstb
Valerie
The whole waiting until we get over the frictional ickiness that we have with offering something to the world or not having the perfect words for it – that was definitely a block for me. But it's just delaying the delivery of our gifts and our potential to the world. Like, you are good to go. You are ready. There won’t be a perfect moment or perfec
... See more
Better choices and Better life
Arguments for Smallness
Are we idealists or pragmatists? Do we have principles we hold dear, and a vision for the future we want to create? Or are we fumbling along, tinkering, finding what works, and forever allowing contact with reality to rearrange our mental furniture, make a mess on our conceptual floor, and occasionally punch so many holes in the walls that need to ... See more
Chris Best • Principles and pragmatism
Better choices and
I think the root of the problem is the globalization of all problems.
Now, it feels like anything bad that happens anywhere in the world is somehow relevant to me and my responsibility. It’s like, I’m not allowed to be happy as long as someone, somewhere, is having a bad time.
Especially with global problems, it’s like, how are you allowed to smile w
... See moreIt’s gonna take you a while.
It’s normal to take a while.
It’d be weird if you made something beautiful so quickly.
The problem isn’t that you’re not working fast enough.
The problem is your expectations are not realistic.
Our AI helps you slow the fuck down and make something wonderful.
— From Sublime’s newsletter, “What does slow AI look like?”
To be successful (just my views only here) you will need to:
Know who you are, what you want to say. You need to say it verbally and visually with clarity, and when you fuck up (because you will) you need to be able to explain why it happened and learn from it and move on. Quickly. People will forgive you because you are human. Human is good.
13 Must
To survive and thrive you need to have the conviction to create things your are proud of with people you love and in a way that allows you to have a meaningful life however you determine that. Anything more than that is not just “bonus,” it can actually lead to your undoing. I don’t mean financial ruin, I mean that you may loose that independence a
... See moreConfidence is directly linked to an understanding of what you believe in, your convictions. And that takes time and it takes some real life testing of your beliefs when they’re threatened. It also takes intellect to find the words to express them or the courage to enact them. Sometimes just being able to see and state the obvious can keep us on the
... See moreI want to explore what feels like the transcendent power of beauty to change our lives. That was the motivating question behind Beautiful World, Where Are You—the title sums it up. I have spoken about my ideological commitments—how I look at the contemporary world through a Marxist lens and through the lens of climate change, and how I feel like we
... See more