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Two Sisters Who Changed the Medical Profession
Two Sisters Who Changed the Medical Profession
The sisters were pragmatic physicians. Even the supremely confident Elizabeth approached her work with a sense of curiosity and a willingness to keep in mind what was known and what wasn’t. Again, she saw herself as standing apart. Through careful observation, she wanted to obtain “that bedside knowledge of sickness, which will enable me to commit heresy with intelligence in the future.”
·nytimes.com·
Two Sisters Who Changed the Medical Profession
WhatsApp and the domestication of users
WhatsApp and the domestication of users
I chose this metaphor because animal domestication is a gradual process that isn’t always deliberate, and typically revolves around one group becoming dependent upon another. For example: there’s evidence that domestication of dogs began with socialization, resulting in not-entirely-artificial selection promoting genes that resulted in more friendliness with and dependence upon humans
·seirdy.one·
WhatsApp and the domestication of users
Early Work
Early Work
One of the biggest things holding people back from doing great work is the fear of making something lame. And this fear is not an irrational one. Many great projects go through a stage early on where they don't seem very impressive, even to their creators.
·paulgraham.com·
Early Work