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We are living code

“We are living code. When you look at the human brain, our ‘computing centers,’ so to speak, you see a lot of coding. We run on scripts, arguments, memories, value systems, and beliefs that are programmed by our interactions with people and our experiences navigating the world.

For the most part, we don’t have a say in how we are programmed until we experience larger shifts in adulthood. Later in life, we are able to exercise individual agency more directly, and ask ourselves: ‘What data sets are you downloading?’ Behavior is coded by a variety of stimuli and responses, and human technology is by far the most advanced technology we have.”

~ Patrycja Slawuta

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Shrinkflation and skimpflation

“We’ve all heard about rising inflation. The price of stuff is going up.

And if you read 'NPR Planet Money' newsletter, you’ve heard of shrinkflation. That’s when the price of stuff stays the same, but the amount you get goes down.

The economywide decline in service quality that we’re now seeing is something different, and it doesn’t have a good name. It’s a situation where we’re paying the same or more for services, but they kinda suck compared with what they used to be. We propose a new word to describe this stealth-ninja kind of inflation: skimpflation. It’s when, instead of simply raising prices, companies skimp on the goods and services they provide.”

~ NPR Planet Money

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Happy People

“Perhaps it’s true that it’s not happy people who are grateful, it’s grateful people who are happy.”

~ Clare Pooley

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Not how long

“As a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

~ Seneca

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Enjoy simply

“Happiness? It is an illusion to think that more comfort means more happiness. Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed!”

~ Storm Jameson

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Habits

“Habits are at first cobwebs then cables.”

~ Spanish Proverb

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cobweb Photo by Belinda Fewings

Long-range goals

“You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.”

~ Charles C. Noble

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moon Photo by Alex Andrews

Keep an ordinary mind

“I think people who keep an ordinary mind are more relaxed, have no internal distortions, observe things with a more nuanced perspective, are practical, and have more patience. They tend to get things done better.”

~ Zhang Yiming

Read the full speech here. 👍🏼

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Conditions for “Flow”

• Knowing what to do next • Knowing how to do it • Freedom from distractions • Clear and immediate feedback • High perceived challenge and high perceived skill

~ Csikszentmihalyi, M.; Abuhamdeh, S., & Nakamura, J.; “Flow”

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Dealing with new paradigm

“The root cause of most mistakes people make when dealing with new paradigms comes down to two things: fear and arrogance.

We fear we’ll miss out, that we’ll fail, or that we’ll be judged and rejected. And when we’re not afraid, we’re arrogant. We think the new thing is obviously bullshit, or obviously amazing, and it decreases our attachment to the actual truth.

When dealing with a new paradigm, reason has its limits. The best strategy is to embrace curiosity, and don’t worry too much.”

~ Nathan Baschez

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Related: Fear inhibits change