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Productivity is often a distraction. Don’t aim for better ways to get through your tasks as quickly as possible. Instead aim for better tasks that you never want to stop doing.
Excellent Advice for Living
Kevin Kelly
Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me.
Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you.
But [[asking for help with gratitude::highlight]] says: We have the power to help each other.
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Startupy
There’s an impetus to hide the technical details of the world, but I think that’s a devastating mistake.
Hints of the existence of a deeper technical layer is how kids are inspired to become engineers.
Turning technology into a magical black box arguably makes technology much less magical than hinting at how that black box actually works.
A Frivolous Feature
kontakt@marginalia.nu (Viktor Lofgren)
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