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Slow Productivity
Thoughts about productivity in the knowledge work era, term borrowed from Cal Newport
As a result, people who do this survival pattern have a fast rhythm of thought, movement, and speech. They can rapidly process new information, work out all the possibilities and options, and see the implications. They are able to connect the dots and get to conclusions faster than other people.
Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity
Full-blown mania renders people unable to function in normal society. But hypomania produces a relentless, euphoric, impulsive machine that explodes toward its goals while staying connected (even if only loosely) with reality.
Eric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
The systems-level thing is that we actually have to be very fast about getting back to people. Being able to schedule an all-partner in 48 hours or less is actually really important. Being able to make an investment decision with a group process without short circuiting due diligence within 48 to 72 hours, just speed is important because speed kill... See more
Invest like the Best • Unwrapping the Gift
Slow Productivity
Thoughts about productivity in the knowledge work era, term borrowed from Cal Newport
Now imagine: how many programs and services make us wait more than 100ms? I’d say more or less all of them, starting with almost every website, with a few exceptions. You don’t think about “requesting” Google when you type your search query and it auto-completes after each letter. But you do think about rebooting your computer. Or booting up your t... See more
Niki Tonsky • Speed is a feature
Copyright (C) Raymond Kurzweil 2001 Chart Graphics by Brett Rampata/Digital Organism
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
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