“There are four qualities of the universe that limit our own intelligence and the intelligence of every other person, collective, organism, machine, alien, or imaginable god. All 200ish of our known biases are attempts to work around these conundrums!”
“When you become fascinated with something, another dimension opens up in your world. You enter a space where everything else becomes a secondary character in the theater of your mind.”
“When people talk about monetizing, they’re usually just talking about some sort of scheme. Because anything that needs to be monetized can’t just be simple. If it was simple, you wouldn’t need a word like monetize. You’d just be making money selling a service or product.”
“It was like I got to travel without ever leaving my home. I got to bring the world to my living room. This was a really powerful idea.”
“There are a thousand beautiful ways to start the day that don’t begin with looking at your phone. And yet so few of us choose to do so.”
“In the madness, you have to find calm.” — Lupita Nyong’o
Hugh MacLeod’s “Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity” is one of the quickest, smartest, most inspirational books I’ve read.
It will make your creative work better and help you do more of it.
“Asking for money is weird. But you’ll get over it.”
“Attention has flipped. It’s no longer optimal for brands to just demand it. Attention now must also be earned. It’s about relationships over reach.”
“Tech executives began to both realize that they can’t just ignore regulatory and political issues and that not all politicians and regulators are inherently stupid, lazy, and corrupt.”