"Here’s Donna Haraway, talking about kin, in Staying with the Trouble (2):"Kin is a wild category that all sorts of people do their best to domesticate. Making kin as oddkin, rather than, or at least in addition to, godkin…troubles important matters, like to whom one is actually responsible….What shape is this kinship, where and whom … Continue reading Oddkin
Category: lessons
Zuihitsu: 2021-08
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Calm people live, panicked people die.Emotions are the barometer of mental health.Belief is a way to remove the irritation of doubt.The Internet amplifies variance.We’ve lost and need to go back to the drawing board and start over is one of the hardest … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-08
L.M. Sacasas’s The Questions Concerning Technology
If you find the list below interesting, you could always subscribe to his newsletter, and as with all Substack newsletters, it can be turned into an RSS feed by adding /feed to the main url, like so: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/feed. Don't know what RSS is? There's a post for that. h/t to Alan Jacobs for the reminder. … Continue reading L.M. Sacasas’s The Questions Concerning Technology
Heaven & Hell
"Once a wise and holy old hermit was favored, for his piousness, with the visit of an angel who said it was sent to offer him a boon. The man thought and replied, "I have tried my life to know my Creator through his Creation. I hope that I have been worthy of going to … Continue reading Heaven & Hell
What Makes a Champion? Early Multidisciplinary Practice, Not Early Specialization, Predicts World-Class Performance
"AbstractWhat explains the acquisition of exceptional human performance? Does a focus on intensive specialized practice facilitate excellence, or is a multidisciplinary practice background better? We investigated this question in sports. Our meta-analysis involved 51 international study reports with 477 effect sizes from 6,096 athletes, including 772 of the world’s top performers. Predictor variables included starting … Continue reading What Makes a Champion? Early Multidisciplinary Practice, Not Early Specialization, Predicts World-Class Performance
We The People
https://www.twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1423097900339445760 Possibly the most American thing I've ever seen in my life. My only regret is I'll never be able to see it again for the first time.
How to Keep Your Produce Fresh For Weeks
Summary of Food Storage Tips from Wirecutter. For more discussion, see the original article.
Four Hours of Work
"The real lesson – or one of them – is that it pays to use whatever freedom you do have over your schedule not to "maximise your time" or "optimise your day", in some vague way, but specifically to ringfence three or four hours of undisturbed focus (ideally when your energy levels are highest). Stop … Continue reading Four Hours of Work
Zuihitsu: 2021-07
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. The interior of our skulls contains a portal to infinity.—Grant MorrisonPersonal density is proportional to temporal bandwidth.—Thomas PynchonThose who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.—Salvador DaliRelationships come with no guarantees.The tears we cry moisturize the skin of life.Take the broken … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-07
Hal Higdon’s Running Programs
“[Hal Higdon]’s all about the democratization of running,” his daughter, Laura Sandall, said. “He was all about making sure that anyone who wanted to get out and run could have a training program at their fingertips.”At their fingertips, and at the top of Google search results. His free training plans have remained some of the … Continue reading Hal Higdon’s Running Programs
Deflationary Individualism
"My considerations of inflation have been limited to discussions on index components, labor/wage dynamics, and menu pricing. I liked the exercise of placing preferences surrounding good, services, and activities on the inflation/deflation spectrum.What are other examples of inflationary/deflationary preferences? And what happens if you place inflation/deflation towards the center of your personal aesthetics? And if … Continue reading Deflationary Individualism
Levels of Friendship in Arabic
https://www.twitter.com/TaariqIsmail/status/1402681643714985984 Zameel - someone you have a nodding acquaintance withJalees - someone you’re comfortable sitting with for a period of time Sameer - you have good conversation with themNadeem - a drinking companion (just tea) that you might call when you’re freeSahib - someone who’s concerned for your wellbeingRafeeq - someone you can depend upon, … Continue reading Levels of Friendship in Arabic
The Two Reasons People Fail
"The two reasons that people fail to attain path knowledge and fruition knowledge in this life are bad companionship and insufficient practice or instruction...Today there are many people [who] know the method but never put it into practice or are not serious in their efforts, and so they missed out on attaining path and fruition. … Continue reading The Two Reasons People Fail
This July 4th, Let’s Remember What Patriotism Isn’t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJVMoe7OY0 Fuck every single one of these people involved in storming the Capitol and the people giving them cover. Watching this little shit show, I cannot help but marvel at the discipline of the Capitol Police and how well they stuck to the rules of engagement, and how this "riot" could have been contained Texas … Continue reading This July 4th, Let’s Remember What Patriotism Isn’t
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