geography
TIL A Loch is a Lake
BRO A LOCH IS A LAKE? loch /läk,läKH/ noun SCOTTISH a lake. I had always assumed it was something unique. Rivers and lochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpMNj70e1Yw&list=WL&index=6&ab_channel=GeorgeDunnett
Bram Adams
writer, programmer
history
Consumerism in a 250 Year Old Country
There’s a quip from the historian Will Durant, that a nation is born stoic and dies epicurean. (Location 538) What hard work is there to be done in 2023? Has rampant consumerism subsumed our desire to struggle to create a more perfect Union? …over time, this dynamic leads to
game-theory
The Silent Dominance Battles of Twenty Somethings
Pride leads to arrogance and then away from humility and connection with their fellow man. You don’t have to be Christian to see the wisdom in this. You need only to care about your career to understand that pride—even in real accomplishments—is a distraction and a deluder.
epistemology
The Island of Knowledge and the Shore of Ignorance
“as our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.” (Location 1311) The area of things known increases exposure to things on the precipice of known and not known. However, increasing exposure to the size of the outside set doesn't change the side of the
anime
The Master Enjoys the Idea of Being Humbled
An amateur is defensive. The professional finds learning (and even, occasionally, being shown up) to be enjoyable; they like being challenged and humbled, and engage in education as an ongoing and endless process. (Location 1334) at this age, i'll be a contender! But he has the secret of
An Exemplar Job Offer Letter
1989 offer letter for working w Jobs at NeXT looks better than some startup offers I've seen in 2022 (View Tweet) i want this. i love the matter of fact nature of it, the brevity, the fairness in the offer details. no smoothies, no ping pong tables --
humor
Very Solid Burn
@SocialNomadRach @TheAnimeTrainer Its amazing she gets so much work done with all the time she spends on the cross. (View Tweet) very solid burn Oh I Couldn't Hear You Up There On Your High Horse The (social) parts of the internet have just felt like a dunk orgy
zettelkasten
So Much to Process - So Little Time
Don’t forget that the “needs attention” box ought to be empty. If there are papers in it, be aware that this means you have left things undone in your life that require your attention. (Location 1132) My #to-process folder is going off rn. The act of going through the
interior-design
Middle Class American Clutter
Effective tidying involves only two essential actions: discarding and deciding where to store things. Of the two, discarding must come first. (Location 392) To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. (Location 738) After living the urban lifestyle
interior-design
The Kitchen is the Gravitational Well of the Home
The same items (tables, sinks, ovens, fridges) live different lives in different climates and cultures. Japan: Brazil: Tuscan: Ghanean: USA: Alaskan: Tiny: Large:
death
The Fear of Death is the Root of All Anger
Fear is the cause of every problem. It’s the root of all prejudices and the negative emotions of anger, jealousy, and possessiveness. If you had no fear, you could be perfectly happy living in this world. Nothing would bother you. You’d be willing to face everything and everyone
anxiety
The Subjectivity Vortex
The Focus of a Furnace Without a Chimney Of all the advice in the world that you do not want to listen to, it is the advice of a disturbed mind. (Location 1317) Telling myself the worst case scenario can happen non-intuitively allows me to pass the block. It seems