In-Spire
Random stuff I come across
In-Spire
“In the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die, or the greatest armaments, or sieges of cities.
SIX at 6: The Seemingly Frivolous, Reading A Tongue, Experiencing A Spoon, Authenticating Paintings, The Systematic Choices, and Great Revelations
How you do one thing is how you do everything
After chatting with a fellow commuter, people were in a much better mood. But when asked to predict what it would be like to talk to someone on their train ride, people expected that it would be better to sit in silence rather than talk.
Gillian Sandstrom • Why you should talk to strangers | BPS
Let us blaze new trails. Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art and good writing can be good selling.
What happens when children are denied this kind of spontaneous free play - denied the space to pretend? The most extreme end of research - and it is admittedly extreme - can be found in the work of psychiatrist Stuart Brown. After the 1966 shooting at the University of Texas, where Charles Whitman short forty-six people from the top of a tower on t
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Great article translating Maslows hierarchy of needs to design. 1) Functionality - does it work 2) Reliability: does it work consistently? 3) Usability: Is it easy to use? 4) Proficiency: is it empowering to use? 5) Creativity: aesthetic, creative flourishes, innovation(!)
This is true.
But look beneath the technique and what did you find? A sameness, a mental weariness, a mediocrity of ideas. But they could defend every ad on the basis that it obeyed the rules of advertising. It was like worshiping a ritual instead of the God.
Like worshipping a ritual instead of the god.
I’m drawn to the idea of an art of living much more so than to the compulsive search for life hacks, regimens of self-improvement, or self-optimization schemes. These too often feel like a doubling down on the insistence that we can always do more if only we apply the right technique. They also suggest that the path to happiness involves the discov... See more
L. M. Sacasas • The Art of Living
Dont aim for better ways to get through a task. Instead look for projects you never wanna stop doing. Surrender to your nature.
"Surrender to your nature”