420 entries from "Brazil"

[Build a tribe of at least 5 friends with similar ambitions so that you have someone to call during difficult moments.]

[It takes 3 years for anything to work.]

[Expose templates to speed up the process of onboarding and personalizing the experience.]

• To be kind to yourself as you be kind to others. To listen to yourself as you listen to music.
• Make the boundaries clear between yourself and others, between relating to yourself and others. When your mind is wandering externally, especially in a negative place, bring it back home, you can mark this physically using your body.

How to write good prompts: using spaced repetition to create understanding

[Prompt writing is similar to translating text in that you avoid a rote or mechanical approach in favour of one that 'stimulates the right thoughts']

[A basic knowledge of chicken stock could include: how to make and store it; why it's important; ways to use it; some common variations.]

[When memorizing lists, write explanation prompts for each element to make generating the collection on-demand easier.]

[Some lenses that you can use to identify elements that are important to memorize are: attributes and tendencies for what makes it so and what's always or never true; similarities and differences between adjacent concepts; listing examples or how it forms a part or whole; causes and effects describing what it does and does not do, what makes it so, and when it is used; significance and implications relating to why it matters or what it suggests.]

The internet didn’t kill counterculture—you just won’t find it on Instagram

[Actual power controls the means by which lesser power is displayed. It doesn't need a social media presence because it owns social media.]

The same effort you put into anticipating the needs of someone else, you can put into anticipating your own needs and taking care of yourself. Don't make the mistake of living for someone else first.

Why do we think of a fly or cat or bird or plant as natural and a human as not natural? What would it mean to be natural as a human? How liberating would it be to not concern oneself with ideas about correctness, acceptability, natural-seemingness and just be involved in the experience of being alive as the other creatures in nature?

Keys to Beyond: What is time? What is 'an organism"?

[We are not just connected as people, or as a species, or as living beings, or as nature itself: we are connected to everything and everything is one. Our ideas of connectedness and separation are damaged by what culture teaches us to believe about ourselves.]

[When the human species was learning language, they were imitating something far greater than what we have now, in the same way that a baby imitates it parents.]

[Science has no voice and tells us nothing. Scientists are who we listen to.]

[Not from our separate experiences but from our 'unique' experiences.]

[The concept of human years doesn't take into account the cumulative years of all humans, the temporal relation between one human and the others, the time experience of individual cells that multiply during the passing of time itself. You are older than any number humanity has ever tried to imagine or is even capable of exploring.]

[Physical objects are exactly how old we say they are because they are not relational. Humans are not objects and will never be objects. Machines have nothing in common with us.]

[The metaphors used in technology are broken. Don't use the language or the words.]

[The internet, the smartphone, the watch, the calendar, the car, are all representations of something innate that you will never see once you commit to using its representation.]

[In order to follow these keys out of our cages, we need to dissolve representations instead of talking about it or writing books.]

[Representations via human culture are crippling. They are broken toys designed to trap you and replicate then, convert others to believe the same thing.]

[Nature has no purpose: it creates purposes continuously by existing. If you have a purpose, you are dead.]

[Humans build representations, burn down nature, and worship what they created.]

[Instead of allowing authority to stand above you, lift nature above you and look up.]

Life in a krishna temple

[If you like something, go and become that. Know beforehand whether you are jumping into water or fire. If you are a good swimmer, jump into the water. If you are strong enough to avoid burn, jump into the fire. But don't jump into the fire and say it burns.]

Brand

[Use imagery to project a mood or vibe: calm, simple, fundamental.]

[Your pricing should repel those who don't understand the value of what you offer, and be a 'no-brainer' for those who know how to make the most of it.]

The Anti-Mac User Interface

[Metaphors can be misleading when aspects of the source are not in the target, or vice versa, for example: saying that a word processor is like a type-writer will not cause someone to look for a 'replace' command.]

[A city designed by the same architect using the same visual appearance would be difficult to navigate and somewhat boring.]

[Language allows us to reference things that are not visible or things from the future in a way that see-and-point does not.]

[Sacrificing control allows us to benefit from the effort of others. We may not want someone re-arranging our desk, but notifications, automatic trash cleaning, and background news fetching are all useful.]

How to Validate Your Business Idea in 3 Steps (The Right Way)

[If 2% convert, 98% still hate your guts. Focus on building relationships and helping people with their objectives instead of these numbers.]

The Technium: Scenius, or Communal Genius

[Scenius is the communal form of genius.]

Mutual appreciation — Risky moves are applauded by the group, subtlety is appreciated, and friendly competition goads the shy. Scenius can be thought of as the best of peer pressure.

Rapid exchange of tools and techniques — As soon as something is invented, it is flaunted and then shared. Ideas flow quickly because they are flowing inside a common language and sensibility.

Network effects of success — When a record is broken, a hit happens, or breakthrough erupts, the success is claimed by the entire scene. This empowers the scene to further success.

Local tolerance for the novelties — The local “outside” does not push back too hard against the transgressions of the scene. The renegades and mavericks are protected by this buffer zone.

[They're often unremarkable from the outside.]

[A scenius is a form of genius scattered amongst members of a scene, characterized by: mutual appreciation by everyone of risky moves and subtlety; rapid exchange of ideas, especially something invented in the community; network effects when something is successful.]

[It cannot be bought into existence. If it appears, fan the flames and keep accountants, architects, police, and do-gooders away. Let it remain inefficient, edgy, and on the fringes.]

[Anti-marketing is deliberately focusing about what is confusing, frustrating, or dysfunctional, as a way to stimulate public conversation without success bias.]

[Patrons often see themselves as funding future work moreso than paying for past work.]

[Each of these four motivations were expressed by at least 10% of respondents: feeling on the edge of something new; participating in the crowdfunding experiment; being inspired by seeing the work up close.]

Gina Bianchini Discusses Deeper Networking

[During the interview, rather than trying to hype or sell your company, ask the candidate what is important to them? Try to understand what is the fit. How can they have the best professional experience of their life while moving the company's goals forward?]

Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice

[If you can't help someone, pass them to the appropriate person with a recommendation. Doing this right will make two people happy and more disposed to helping you in the future.]

[Sell solutions to increase revenue or decrease cost, nothing else.]

[The question 'What is your previous salary?' is about finding ways to pay you less money.]

[Always have counteroffers, including non-monetary ones. If they can't go higher on salary, talk about vacation.]

[Communication skills: describe the level of your programming abilities as stories of building systems that helped millions of kids to learn and made tons of money for the company.]

[Modesty is not career-enhancing in American business culture.]

The Inside Story of MacKenzie Scott, the Mysterious 60-Billion-Dollar Woman

[Technocratic philanthropy is done to people rather than with people.]