Richard Feynman: “Fiddling around is the answer”
Via Eric Gilliam‘s excellent FreakTakes. I got to Princeton, and the first thing, when I was there and I went to the physics building, I… Read More »Richard Feynman: “Fiddling around is the answer”
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Samo Burja: Live and Dead Players
Whether you are examining past societies or living and acting within one today, it’s important to distinguish between live and dead players. A live player… Read More »Samo Burja: Live and Dead Players
The feel of the thing; or, embodied knowledge
Three things are too wonderful for me;four I do not understand:the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on a rock,the… Read More »The feel of the thing; or, embodied knowledge
One Hundred Million Souls for the Emperor: Paul Fussell on Experience and Perspective
Many years ago in New York I saw on the side of a bus a whiskey ad I’ve remembered all this time. It’s been for… Read More »One Hundred Million Souls for the Emperor: Paul Fussell on Experience and Perspective
More from David Epstein on kind and wicked learning environments
Note: These highlights aren’t my own – they’re highlights from Sawyer Hollenshead’s highlights page for David Epstein’s Range. (I guess that just such highlights-of-the-highlights are… Read More »More from David Epstein on kind and wicked learning environments
“If you think you saw a mouse, you did,” and other advice from Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly celebrated his birthday this year by sharing more pithy wisdom. Most of his nuggets of advice are great. These are my favourites: –… Read More »“If you think you saw a mouse, you did,” and other advice from Kevin Kelly
What are you being given?
In years like this – of cancellations and deferrals, of plans falling apart – it’s natural to focus on how you’ve been thwarted and what… Read More »What are you being given?
If someone keeps letting you down
Because you’re waiting for their help, but they don’t make time; Or don’t do what they say they’ll do; Or do it badly; Or can’t… Read More »If someone keeps letting you down
Personal recommendations
… are a great way to find contractors and colleagues. If someone you trust can recommend someone, you have a chance to save yourself a… Read More »Personal recommendations
Ben Horowitz – The Hard Thing About Hard Things
This is a great cut-the-crap book about management and building a company. It’s most relevant to the the tech world, but there are plenty of… Read More »Ben Horowitz – The Hard Thing About Hard Things