“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn’t bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”
“One day somebody will explain to me why it is that, at a time when science has never been wiser, or the truth more stark, or human knowledge more available, populists and liars are in such pressing demand.”
“If, at the end of your show you say “Available where you get podcasts,” then my friend, you have a podcast. If you have to say “Only available on Spotify” (or some other exclusive service), good for you, but it’s not a podcast.”
💬 Dave Winer
… and I very much agree with him.
Language is important … and I am done with Corporates hijacking language so to appear better than they are.
💬
True Dat
In fact coincidentally just about to put out three different offers over the next two weeks.
Expanding Readwise niceties into articles …
“As I've said a bunch before, I think that crypto will have a place in the future, but I think the applications of it right now feel like they're solving solved problems worse than the existing solutions.”
Source : Solving Solved Problems
“I like any company that’s focused on making the best, not the most.”
Creativity isn't about starting something.
It's about making something.
Making requires sustained effort, and sustained effort requires fuel.
That fuel is optimism.
Read and highlight in Matter … which automatically synchs with Readwise - so you can then create a neat little graphic - like this for example.
Time to explore whether Matter can replace StoopInbox.
