March 2012
“You saw the young ones walking all tight and high…and you hated their proudness,...”
– Charles Bukowski - Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays (via henrycharlesbukowski)
“The more often you match patterns, the better you get.”
– Seth’s Blog: “I don’t see it”
““What you continue to characterize as giving prizes for coming in last, I...”
– Tanking is the tip of the iceberg - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
“I put it to you that this is how most NBA GMs operate. They start each season...”
– Tanking is the tip of the iceberg - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
“Without the prospect of high picks, however, surely owners around the league...”
– Tanking is the tip of the iceberg - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
“We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in:
machinery that gives...”
– Charlie Chaplin, Great Dictator and Modern Times
“Then they were shocked again, this time holding their loving partner’s hand. The...”
– The Brain on Love - NYTimes.com
“Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be...”
– The Brain on Love - NYTimes.com
“When two people become a couple, the brain extends its idea of self to include...”
– The Brain on Love - NYTimes.com
““Scientific studies of longevity, medical and mental health, happiness and even...”
– The Brain on Love - NYTimes.com
“Wordlessly, relying on the heart’s semaphores, the mother says all an infant...”
– The Brain on Love - NYTimes.com
The Brain on Love →
(thanks harassing)
“The implications of all of this activity, which Clinton calls “21st...”
– Pivoting to the people - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
“Countering narco-gang violence includes working with Mexican telecommunications...”
– Pivoting to the people - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
“Knock and it shall be opened to you.”
– Peter Abelard, “Sic et Non”
“For by doubting we come to inquiry; through inquiring we perceive the truth,...”
– Peter Abelard, “Sic et Non”
“I believe so that I may understand”
– Credo ut intelligam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“we design everything on the assumption that people are not heartless or stupid...”
– People-Dependent Technology: Designing with Our Highest Ideals for One Another | Brain Pickings
“It’s easy to be confident when you have everything aligned, when the...”
– Seth’s Blog: Confidence without guts
“Creativity shouldn’t be seen as something otherworldly. It shouldn’t be thought...”
– Jonah Lehrer on how creativity really works. (via explore-blog)
“The kids who grew up inside AOL chat rooms and came of age on Facebook have an...”
– my partner Brad Burnham’s speech at the Center For Democracy and Technology’s 2012 Annual Dinner.
The Freedom to Innovate - Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing
(via fred-wilson)
“I’ve come to the conclusion that the technical details are the easy part. It’s...”
– Gary Stix: Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe on the Scientific American Blog Network. (via blech)
“With the development of GPS controlled drones, far-reaching cheap radio...”
– The Pirate Bay - The galaxy’s most resilient bittorrent site (via iamdanw)
“A forecast is just a phantom; it is dispassionate and unlived, unsupported by...”
– The Origins of Futurism | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine
“the correct (maybe) response is not to have an opinion (default internet...”
– This #sxaesthetic | booktwo.org (via iamdanw)
“The real wisdom of Solomon, however, came from user’s complaints that Skag...”
– How Gearbox’s ‘Truth Team’ outwitted Borderlands feedback | The Verge
“These three fallacies led the Truth Team to come up with a few tricky fixes for...”
– How Gearbox’s ‘Truth Team’ outwitted Borderlands feedback | The Verge
“Advertisers struggle to be heard through the noise. Customer service reps, on...”
– Seth’s Blog: Speaking when they care (reorganizing the economics and attitude of customer service)
