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FS

“Expectation is the grandfather of disappointment. The world can never own a man who wants nothing.”

— Aphorisms for Thirsty Fish

"The signal in a James Brown recording, the actual signal, is his soul reaching up for that note. That’s why they call it soul. It’s that reaching that we’re hearing, and that’s what makes his interpretation of the song different than Britney’s, different than Ariana’s. We auto-tune everybody in our music, we’re tending toward auto-tuning everybody in their lives."

— Douglas Rushkoff came on The Knowledge Project to offer an in-depth take on the connection between modern-day technology and the problems caused by polarized extremism. (FS | YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Get a transcript ).

Insight

“You can't replace reading with other sources of information like videos, because you need to read in order to write well, and you need to write in order to think well.”

— Paul Graham

I think this relates:

Writing is often the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about.

Et Cetera

+ The Haddon Matrix — We spend a lot of time trying to prevent events, but this simple model can help you handle the event.

+ Discipline creates skill.

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