Thought provoking
Data is always an abstraction of reality based on underlying assumptions as to how to categorize the unstructured phenomena of the real world.
Clayton M. Christensen • Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
A beautiful quote from John O’Donahue, on friendship and conversations:
... See moreWhen was the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation that wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, but when you overheard yourself saying things you never knew you knew, that you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that found places within you that you th
It's messy and disorganized in reality. Frameworks promise to bring order to it in pleasing ways. They blunt the chaos and give you buckets to categorize your observations. However, if you've ever tried to apply any frameworks, you know that they're anything but simple to implement. In the business world, frameworks are used as a crutch for making ... See more
Commoncog • Reality Without Frameworks
Czech president and writer Vaclav Havel:
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we ... See more
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we ... See more
Intentionality is what determines if your computer is a tool or a hyper-television.
Leadership is an action, not a position.
Michaela Raaby on LinkedIn: home | LONO
Truly confident people are fluid with status.
They can accept criticism. They can be teased and laugh at themselves. They can even be cringe and not care. But they also avoid false modesty and lean into moments where the attention is on them, stepping into the spotlight rather than shying away from it.
They can accept criticism. They can be teased and laugh at themselves. They can even be cringe and not care. But they also avoid false modesty and lean into moments where the attention is on them, stepping into the spotlight rather than shying away from it.
real confidence is status fluidity
It also could not be a better time for a paradigm shift. AGI and likely soon after superintelligence will force us to rethink human role in society. In the new world, the value of the human brain is increasingly defined on how creative it can be. Cosmic optimism helps us navigate this transformation by emphasizing focus on the very human qualities ... See more