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This should probably be a Note? but I think I’d want to re-reference it, so maybe a blogpost? when i sit down at my computer to ‘do some work’, there are a few options at hand, and because I was just playing some chess earlier, I find myself thinking of them as different kinds of […]

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Every time I meet @neuranne, I seem to end up writing a blogpost. ( The last time we met was months ago, but I still think about the conversation we had. She was at the finishing line of both her PhD and her book, and she was looking forward to being free from the daily […]

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(2020jul11 thread) “ignore the haters” is a more complex directive than people without haters realize because it’s not always obvious in advance who’s a hater and who’s not deciding to ignore some subset of people requires introducing filters working with filters can change you no system is perfect. ie, every system has errors so you […]

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wordvomit 0850– just describe stuff bro even opening a twisty plastic bottlecap from a bottle of water is something that’s more complex than anybody typically realizes when they’re doing it. When the cap is on tight, first you use a “heavy/tight” grip, maybe with the thumb and forefinger, or maybe with the whole fist. There […]

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some problems seem intractable. i don’t want to assert this too confidently because i might just be missing something. but nonetheless i think it’s helpful to articulate. a good dating app a good media organization a good todo list app a good communications system in all of the above cases the incentives are almost impossible […]

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Compiling notes on literacy here.

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At several of the events i’ve spoken at over the years, people came up to me afterwards to tell me that my speech was their favorite of the lot, even though it’s typically the case that I put in less effort into preparation than the other speakers, had janky or non-existent slides, etc. Here’s how […]

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this was originally a bit of a joke, but i also knew when joking that i was going to want to revisit this (joke about outcomes you want), and sure enough, the concept has been growing on me over time. i found myself mentioning it in my latest wordvomit, which…

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The idea for this post came up mid-conversation with @neuranne when I was telling her about how inspired I was by an audio essay @ronenv spoke for me about the history of TV. Ronen spoke for at least an hour telling a very compelling story about the history of media,…

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trying to reduce reliance on a cope (cigarettes, screentime, etc) is v difficult. it gets much easier if you define an outcome that you’d like to inhabit, and focus on that. eg if you focus on wanting to get fit, run a 5k, etc you’ll likely find yourself smoking less…

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