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.]
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.
[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.
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.]
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.]
[Turn a bag of baby spinach into powder by dehydrating at 125°F until crispy and dry before grinding.]
Let’s talk about toxic masculinity and men’s movements….
[Glorification of violence convinces stupid people to fight in wars of a state.]
Identity | Language | Knowledge
[When we’re starved for deeply meaningful experiences, it becomes easy to counterfeit consciousness and sell us a shell of it.]
[Most of what exists is likely unknowable.]
[Religion and science collapse the super-container into incomplete representations.]
[The world is fundamentally one being first, unless we separate it into distinctions. Therefore if we destroy it we’re destroying ourselves.]
Hank Green Unpacks YouTube’s Biggest Problems
[There was a period when books were considered dangerous because we didn’t have the social structures to deal with everyone having access. We’re currently in the messy equivalent with video.]
Let’s expand the discourse about Empire
[America is a business.]
Genius way to clean carpets / couches!
[Make a natural carpet cleaner with baking soda, dish soap, 2 cups of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of salt, and some fresh lemon juice; mix until foamy. Dip in and squeeze a towel, then wrap a saucepan lid to use as leverage before scrubbing.]
Brad Mehldau: The Greatest Jazz Pianist of Our Generation
[Written chord changes are an expedient way to quickly coordinate playing together, but they lack precision to specify things like voice-leading even from more popular songs like Blackbird.]
[I like to add a note to so-called ‘stock voicings’ for crunch.]
[The intellectual aspect of improvising happens as you make sense of music. WhT happens in real-time while playing is an natural reflexive response based on everything you’ve learned.]
[Can you tell the same story with just two notes?]
fluid switches between discussion and piano playing
Why Can’t We Make Simple Software?
[Complexity is an inevitable result of internals interacting with themselves, and can’t be solved by tools.]
[Starting over will not avoid complexity, but can reset the clock to give you some breathing room.]
Is it funny, or is it hurtful and ppl are laughing to defuse the tension?
[Just like tickling, pseudo-comedy evokes laughter as listeners relieve discomfort and misinterprets their response as enjoyment.]
What’s your role in creating true systemic change?
[If you call yourself an ally to certain people and aren’t getting hit by the stones thrown at them, you’re not standing close enough.]
[Healing without allyship is spiritual bypassing and privilege. Protesting and organizing without healing will undermine the efforts you support. Protest without litigation becomes self-serving, and litigation without protest lacks teeth. Critique without counter-growth creates burnout. Building systems without addressing the ugliness of the current one is detached.
3.5% of the population can shift the entire political reality of a nation.
[Protests spark a sense of possibility and can easily bring newcomers to want more.]
We interviewed the Mozart of Gen Z - Colin and Samir
[Your heroes make things possible.]
[Finding your voice involves trying stuff; not possible to ‘contribute’ by waiting to find your voice first.]
[Try making the worst song ever.]
[A question culture versus answee culture.]
[Questions last longer than answers.]
[My room is my spaceship and I can command it to go wherever I want. My job is to tune in to the internal weather: what’s turning me on today?]
Jacob Collier edits his own videos?
[Desire always implies you don’t have it.]
[Trills are like musical edging.]
[Disavowal let’s someone get what they are afraid to want and without risk of exposure that comes from asking.]
How to make the most of the garlic you buy from the store!
[Feed soil with dry garlic skins.]
[When someone always criticizes you: 1) ask if was meant for you or if they just wanted to hear it out loud; 2) ask “how am I supposed to do that?” to tease out whether they have actually thought about it practically; and 3) confirm that “what I’m hearing is…” to clarify if there’s anything constructive.]