Are We Living in a Golden Age?
[When something succeeds and everyone rushes in, creating a hug of death.]
Are We Living in a Golden Age?
[When something succeeds and everyone rushes in, creating a hug of death.]
Let's talk about disaster relief being transformative....
[Disaster relief is like a PhD course in activism: after you've done it, nothing phases you because you have done it underthe worst possible conditions.]
Let's talk about the thing we missed in Crenshaw's speech....
[Education destroys fear.]
The roads to understanding misinformation....
[If a headline provokes an emotional reaction, be on guard. They should pique your curiosity more than convince you to form an opinion. Inform over inflame.]
[Name-dropping like 'ex-Clinton staffer' might be pulling things out of context to create a first question.]
[Quoting a figure like Trump in the headline is a way to defer attention.]
[The context of a poll, how it was collected, is as important as the findings.]
[Meme images are often presented out of context. Use reverse image search to find other places where it's displayed. Some people rotate it to make tracking sources more difficult, so if you also rotate it and find results, you know it was intentional.]
[The words 'seems', 'appears', 'apparently' is an indication of opinion about intent.]
[If the outlet has something new for you to be outraged every day and cut yourself off from society, be on guard.]
Let's talk about how to pick a charity....
[Charities that hire talented people can give donors more confidence, even if the organization isn't well-known.]
Ali Abdaal / Deep Dive | Derek Sivers
[Instead of asking if someone is free to talk, just call: the ringtone is the ask.]
Let's talk about Thanksgiving with your liberal mom....
[Frame it as a dream because in some cases people like to make dreams come true.]
'How can I be present?' - A conversation with Casey Sokol
[To be in the present of one note versus one phrase versus one movement versus one concert versus one lifetime.]
[I'm not depressed, I'm bored. Bored as in not interested in anything. Interested as in not having a direction for my energy.]
[Pain is a sensation. Suffering is the negation of that experience.]
Let's talk about society, laws, and two phrases....
[Representatives should not make any decisions, and rather simply vote the way a majority of the constituents in their district wants.]
[By the time a law has been passed, a majority of people have already changed their thinking: it's not a leading indicator but an enforcement mechanism.]
[Societal change happens in your skull.]
Bootstrapping Transistor.fm to 13,000+ podcasts
[It's uncommon for successful entrepreneurs to start from zero: they likely have experience, connection, skills, or a financial runway that provides the conditions to take risks.]
[If it takes longer to get to a sustainable income than you have runway, the market fundamentals might not sustain you.]
[A mental health balance is an important part of your runway when taking on something as stressful as indie hacking.]
Leaving a $500k job to build a portfolio of small bets
[People are willing to pay $30 to $50 to learn everything you know about a topic. What do you have in your head, experience or computer that others would be willing to pay for it?]
[People follow you because they think they will gain something useful for themselves. It can be almost selfish.]
Let's talk about a message to conservative parents....
[Every parent aims to raise their kids to be better than they are, and in your case they succeeded.]
[CRDTs gave me undo for free.]
[Good interviews help me understand something new about myself or good ways to phrase things.]
[With 5000 email subscibers before launch, endorsements from Netlify/Vercel, number one on Product Hunt, $1500 revenue on launch day, it seemed like the signals were pointing in the right direction. Yet it didn't grow as expected and ended up earning $10,000 over two years.]
[Can't validate an unpredictable market.]
[I work to sustain my ideal lifestyle.]
The Problem With War: You Break It You Buy It
[The launch is for everyone that has to know. The next releases are for everyone who wants to know.]
[Labeling people heroes means we will let them die.]
[If you don't have the courage to make something illegal, make it impossible.]
How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else
[Most people start by building something without asking what problem they're trying to solve.]
How 150 personal emails sparked a community of 60,000 entrepreneurs
[Turn your process for advancing into a series of ascending steps.]
[Create something of value and put a price on it.]
[Makers are happy to create. IndieHackers want to make money.]
Constraints, Longevity, and Avoiding Competition with John O'Nolan from Ghost
[Blogging used to be writing about your experiences.]
[Use a paywall to give yourself space.]
[Enable an ecosystem of businesses to thrive around what you build.]
Let's talk about context, sources, and links....
[Important to fact-check not by simply following someone's link because it will obviously support their position. Use search engines.]