"An 'imagined reality' is an addictive mental drug that humans are infatuated with. It cures the frustration brought about by the constraints of the actual reality. Like a physical drug, it could cure pain and make life in prison more tolerable, but it could also take away life if used excessively. It brings communities with … Continue reading Imagined Realities, Evidence & The Singular
Category: life
The Employment Interview
https://twitter.com/businessbarista/status/1587098263034920961?s=20&t=LUuOPwlxzinlhlxBcrrCTw I was reading this tweet, and it reminded me that I used to use an interview template when interviewing people for positions. Still strikes me as a decent tool. I find it useful to have a framework for evaluating people, so you can focus on what's important to doing the job well and can … Continue reading The Employment Interview
Zuihitsu, 2022-10
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. When dealing with enemies, the goal must not be diagnosis, but defeat. All observation is drenched in theory. The problem with rowing your … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-10
Having a Good Internet Experience
Try to use different lenses of interpretation and without an agenda. Learn to block people, preferably with your mind. Keep your shit to yourself. Learn to say, "It's none of my business." Lurk. Be skeptical. Focus on the positive. I thought this Tumblr post was useful, so I reformulated the suggestions as the above. True … Continue reading Having a Good Internet Experience
Get Blogging!
"Your easy guide to starting a new blog. A blog is an easy way to get started writing on the web. Your voice is important: it deserves its own site. The more people add their unique perspectives to the web, the more valuable it becomes." -https://getblogging.org/ I've been blogging since January 2017. In those five … Continue reading Get Blogging!
Protons: An Update
"The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed. We’ve attempted to connect the proton’s many faces to form the most complete picture yet." -Charlie Wood, "Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine." … Continue reading Protons: An Update
Teacher Tom & Transformation
...without pain, without struggle, without anguish, discomfort and fear, transformation is impossible...Real learning, which is to say, transformation from a state of ignorance to one of enlightenment, is in reality more of a lurching, spiraling, ebb and flow, full of peaks and valleys, and yes, pain and suffering. Those of us in the world of … Continue reading Teacher Tom & Transformation
Little Rules About Big Things
"People have vastly different desires, except for three things: Respect, feeling useful, and control over their time. Those are nearly universal. ...the past wasn’t as good as you remember, the present isn’t as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. A comforting delusion is thinking that other people’s bad … Continue reading Little Rules About Big Things
Warmth: Charisma & Commitment
I've been thinking a bit about stolzyblog's comment on Coin of My Realm: Meaning post from a few days ago. Let me quote the exchange entirely: "SB: Warmth. It’s what is missing from Robin Hansen’s “insight”. And the interesting thing about this is it seems (from watching some of his interviews) that he does not … Continue reading Warmth: Charisma & Commitment
reMarkable
"The only tablet that feels like paper Take handwritten notes, read, and review documents Take notes directly on PDFs Paper-like writing and reading All your notes, organized and accessible on all devices" https://remarkable.com/ I think this is interesting. I'm thinking that for most use cases, the move will be more to audio and video. But, … Continue reading reMarkable
