[Disagree without getting them defensive with phrases like “I see it differently”, “I have a different way of getting there”, and “I lean towards the opposite”.]
[Disagree without getting them defensive with phrases like “I see it differently”, “I have a different way of getting there”, and “I lean towards the opposite”.]
[Having to argue for equality reveals that the situation is already failed.]
[If that’s the best you’ve got, I can see why you’re so eager to use it.]
[There’s a difference between agreeing and choosing agreement as your ‘move’ in a specific context.]
[Combine baking soda with glue to strengthen the bonding.]
Spreadsheets are like functions with built-in visualization of meaningful inputs and outputs.
What incentivizes a business to treat existing customers better than new ones?
Let’s talk about what a concept of Japanese art can teach us about masculinity….
[Masculinity embodies effortless perfection, and a giveaway that someone’s pretending is to see them trying.]
Let’s talk about 1916, 1984, thought, and rebellion….
[Anything that can be taught by a meme can be countered by one.]
Let’s talk about what happens “if you don’t get an education”….
[Don’t confuse credentials with education.]
[‘Representatives’ should also have something in common with you.]
Profound difference in approach between recreating something familiar and the curiosity of relating to where you currently are.
How Jacob Collier Reinvented The Guitar
[Being uncertain and curious is a more interesting place for me than knowing what I’m doing.]
[More important than recognizing the name or function of the notes played, I have an awareness of their emotional properties and how they will pull the listener into specific spaces.]
[It’s popular and valid to recreate and enjoy something you heard before; try to be clear when you want that versus something new.]
[Rather than have a disciplined practice regime, I find myself in specific and tsrgeted moments of deep exploration.]
[One of the best gifts you can give to an audience is to fumble, because it’s an invitation for them to join you at the edge of your own exploration where mist of the interesting stuff is. Music isn’t really that serious.]
A master with the humility to learn on camera.
Who does it serve when an economy costs you more and more over time?
Money is not timeless.
[Easier to write a few notes per day than one manuscript page per day.]
[Ideas don’t mingle in an archive: let them play together.]
[The skill of independent research is determining what is the most important task at any moment; following a plan prevents you from learning this.]
Archiving ideas, even if you write them in your own words, doesn’t prompt making connections.
A great way to solve problems to not have them.
The more we need to represent our own interests (because ‘representatives’ won’t), the more power decentralizes.
So many of us throw out orange peels..
[Turn orange peels into an insect repellent for your body or plants by boiling and cooling, then strain the liquid into a spray bottle.]
[Or peel the orange part of the peel, rinse with cold water, blend, then mix with a teaspoon of baking soda and water into a paste for a natural teeth whitener you can brush with weekly.]
[Chop them up and use as fertilizer.]
Language compresses thoughts into a lossy format, like blurry images.
It’s okay to want what you want, even if you don’t know why.
How to get rid of a pimple fast!
[Make an overnight pimple treatment by combining one teaspoon of baking soda and honey with two of apple cider vinegar, then mix into a paste.]
I’d rather be uncorrupted ’like a child’ than detached from my essence ’like an adult'.