problems Providing Doing commerce Figuring out how the world works being a hamster means Enjoying being alive Loving fellow hamsters Family friends time
problems Providing Doing commerce Figuring out how the world works being a hamster means Enjoying being alive Loving fellow hamsters Family friends time Expressing yourself
problems Providing Doing commerce Figuring out how the world works being a hamster means Enjoying being alive Loving fellow hamsters Family friends time Expressing yourself Hanging out and laughing
it’s easy to showcase accomplishments salary house size vs when youre just being a hamster invisible joy it’s hard to showcase love & family & friendship ? ?
it’s easy to showcase accomplishments salary house size title vs when youre just being a hamster invisible joy it’s hard to showcase love & family & friendship ? ? ?
in your twitter/fb/linkedin/ corporate bio (people realize the narrative is more important) vs when youre just being a hamster no need to document this publicly (people who document this are missing the point)
startups, Josh K is your hero) the linked essay, by Tony Schwartz, is excellent: https://www.nytimes.com/ 2015/05/02/business/dealbook/the-enduring-hunt-for-personal-value.html
inequality If you want to read about some math and numbers: 1) A cool computer simulation of skill & chance: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610395/if-youre-so-smart-why-arent-you- rich-turns-out-its-just-chance/ 2) Fooled by Randomness by Nasim Taleb will make you look differently at the “brilliant visionaries” of Wall Street. 3) Numbers that question the “meritocracy” of tech: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/12/silicon-valley-diversity-tech- hiring-computer-science-graduates-african-american-hispanic/14684211/ and pretty much the rest of US and World history
make you 2x more loved “I know many people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and they get hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them.” Warren Buffett
addictive and soulless they’re full of weirdly visible counts of success and carefully crafted feeds and bios (& literal checkmarks) regardless of what matters ✅
addictive and soulless they’re full of weirdly visible counts of success and carefully crafted feeds and bios (& literal checkmarks) regardless of what matters (if it makes you money, enjoy) ✅
org chart talk in a way to make you think you aspire to be higher up in the org chart Though objectively, past a certain salary, it’s not worth the money, title, stress, etc.
a bunch of early important things at Google like create Gmail and Adsense. He later became an investor in a bunch of companies, etc. etc. but that’s not why I’m quoting him
interests of mine, I worry that perhaps I'm communicating the wrong priorities. “Investing money, creating new products, and all the other things we do are wonderful games and can be a lot of fun, but it’s important to remember that it’s all just a game.
There’s a lot of pollution in them. Anger. Impatience. Hate. What happens? “They cannot serve the cause of the environment with that kind of energies within them.
There’s a lot of pollution in them. Anger. Impatience. Hate. What happens? “They cannot serve the cause of the environment with that kind of energies within them. “The activist should change himself first.” Thich Nhat Hanh youtube.com/watch?v=Xvtig8Fm6eU