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being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage
This is what leads most of us to stop drawing. Not because we lack talent, but because we've developed the ability to judge before we've developed the ability to execute. We become connoisseurs of our own inadequacy
excellence emerges from intimacy with imperfection, that mastery is built through befriending failure, that the path to creating one perfect thing runs directly through creating many imperfect things
When you imagine achieving something, the same neural reward circuits fire as when you actually achieve it. This creates what neuroscientists call "goal substitution"—your brain begins to treat planning as accomplishing.
TikTok shows you the perfect performance, never the thousand imperfect rehearsals. LinkedIn shows you the promotion announcement, never the years of unglamorous skill-building that made it possible
"Do-Learn" gave me permission to start before I was ready, fail early, fail often, to discover through making rather than thinking my way to readiness
This is the moment that separates the quantity group from the quality group: not at the beginning, but in the middle, when the work stops being fun and starts being work
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History and Pop cultureThe Rise of Whatever | Hacker News
There is at least three major art markets: 1) pretty pictures to fill in a void (empty walls, dress up an article...), 2) prestige purchases for those trying to fill that void in their imposter syndrome, and 3) fellow artists who are really philosophers working beyond language. The whole reason art is evaluated with vague notions like taste, context, history and so on is because the work of artists left their audience's understanding several generations ago, but they still need to make a living, so these proxies are used so the general public does not feel left out. Serious art is leading edge philosophy operating in a medium beyond language, and for what it's worth AI will never be there, just like the majority of people.
The rise of Whatever
Back in the 00’s, if you wanted to move money between arbitrary people over the Internet, you realistically had one option: PayPal
Tech
Is this aging?
A drug that prevents age-related diseases needs to be safe enough for a healthy person to take. And, it needs to target a clinical endpoint that’s relevant to preventing age-related disease, but doesn’t take an unrealistically long time to test in trials
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WatchlistYou People Keep Contradicting Yourselves! — Taylor G. Lunt
People will argue with an individual as if that individual is the spokesperson for a larger group. People will call someone a hypocrite not for contradicting themselves, but for contradicting other people
Man says ChatGPT sparked a 'spiritual awakening'. Wife says threatens marriage | Hacker News
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Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off
