just listened to an unreal episode of the humancurrent while making sourdough bread and sourdough waffles on my work from home day. the interview was with laurie marshall and it was mind-blowing several times over. she’s a big fan of wheatley and benyus, so i knew i would dig it, but it was really really amazing. two ideas that really stuck out to me:
Read more...today is my “don’t make any new commitments for the rest of 2018” day. i realized last year that october 1 is the date that two of my personal system practices intersect.
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Read more...i think the main idea of this book is about how to handle difference. some other themes are family structure, conflict, consensus culture, the connection between genetics and destiny/purpose, and the question “what does it mean to truly, genuinely human?”. if i implemented one idea from the book right now it would be to seek out difference as something that is irresistible, not something that is dangerous or repellent. how would i describe the book to a friend: “on the surface, this is a story about human survival after we’ve ruined our first shot and are given a second by some complicated aliens. beneath the surface, it’s a story that explores what it means to be human and how we (do and maybe could differently) deal with difference.”
Read more...i recently read a post from james clear about how to remember more from the books i read.
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