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Couldn’t finish. No point.

Struggling with understanding how these alien horses and foxes look.

Loving the discussion on why we need wild varieties of our crop cultivars in order to reduce the risk of chronic crop failure.

Being cruel is easier than being kind. How rushed a person affects how kind they are.

Finland teaches students how to detect online bullshit and state sponsored lies.

Lying is what humans excel at.

Poka Yoke - Toyota fail safe methods for eliminating mistakes thru constraints. https://mag.toyota.co.uk/poka-yoke/

Checklists work best when 2 people work together to check them off.

User error is almost always user design error.

Toyota 5 Whys to get a root cause of a problem.

If all else fails, standardize. When you can’t agree on what good UI design should look like then getting broad industry support for a standard is the second best thing.

Homo Erectus are known for their stone tool making. It may be baked into their DNA. Its use may be about more than utility, and may be part of mate selection. https://youtu.be/0UnJIf_WTQs

Foreboding Joy - pushing away joy for fear the other shoe will drop. You need to practice gratitude instead of fearing the vulnerability.

At the heart of loneliness is an absence of meaningful social interaction. - Atlas of the Heart

Shame and humiliation are tools of oppression

Humiliation is what creates mass shooters.

Perfectionism is externally driven. Shame is internally driven. They are the same coin. Perfectionism kills creativity because we can’t tolerate failure and are doomed to failure.

Shame is responsible for a lot of narcissistic cover up behavior. Shame lives in the unspoken, self isolated corners. Transparency and truth vanquishes shame. Empathy & accountability is how you fight others who are shameless.

Ch#7: Set boundaries but give kindness and compassion.

Ch#2 Comparison is the crush of conformity on one side and competition from the other. Trying to fit in while standing out is exhausting. Be just like everyone else, but better.