A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it’s a joke.
💬 Søren Kierkegaard
Another discovery from the archives … although only March, so not so bad.
Many of us seek status and belonging without even seeing it; we find it hard not to react to what others are doing, especially those we have been programmed to want to impress. We’re reactive without realizing it. We put limits on ourselves because we buy into other people’s rules. It’s the fundamental limit I’ve observed in most people, including myself and most founders: they define success by succeeding according to the rules that others have defined.
💬 Mike Maples
🔗 Source (Medium) - so heaven only knows how I stumbled on this one - other than Mike is actually very good at what he does - so maybe I was looking out from him?
It has been brought to my attention that assumptions have been made - and - call me a stickler - that pisses me off.
My mum was born just outside of Manchester.
My mum’s parents …
Substack is a unified media ecosystem. It encompasses both publishing and conversation. This duality is important, because ….. ramble ramble ramble
.. Hamish McKenzie over on Substack but I liked the first part and racking my brains to try and recall where I’d seen that idea before …
It occurred to me watching a Martin Scorcese documentary about the life of George Harrison, how much people in music seek out opportunities to create with other musicians. In technology, it doesn’t happen, we don’t even look at each other’s software.
💬 Dave Winer
I am still running these words in my mind …
Starting right now we must invest time and resources to hone, sculpt and architect the six key skills will be essential in the future to complement machines, co-exist with change, and ensure continuous re-invention.
Three of these have to do with individual competence (Cognition, Creativity, Curiosity) and three how we connect with each other and the world outside our minds including new AI agents. (Collaborate, Communicate, Convince).
💬 Media Village
“Andy Warhol once promised everybody 15 minutes of fame, but on TikTok that often gets reduced to 15 seconds of attention.”
💬 Ted Gioia
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Manu writing (about) how I feel.
I think micro.blog is going to get very interesting once the APIs for all these random social networks fill out.#
💬 Dave Winer
Nice - and prolly right. Which reminds me.
Blogrolls …
On the @dave blogroll 🔗 at scripting.com his order pushes blogs with ‘latest post’ to the top - any plans on something like that for Micro Blog @manton ?
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
💬 T. S. Eliot