January 2012
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“Research strongly suggests that people are more creative when they enjoy privacy...”
– The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com
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“Here’s how it works. Flexible Purpose Corporations can write one or more special...”
– Patagonia Road Tests New Sustainability Legal Status - Bloomberg
We need similar laws in Australia, I believe.
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“This is one of the greatest misconceptions about introversion. We are not...”
– The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance: Scientific American
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“According to everything we know about the technology of the time, it shouldn’t...”
– The Antikythera Mechanism: The Story of Humanity’s Oldest Analog Computer, circa 150 B.C. | Brain Pickings
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WatchAlain de Botton’s perspective on Atheism - accepting, connecting, transcendent - in a talk at TEDGlobal 2011, offers a perspective that resonates strongly with me. It offers a more easily embraced counterpoint to New Atheism, the often strident nature of which can grate.
“What if, instead, we practiced consciously, deliberately, and became good at the...”
– » Life as a Conscious Practice :zenhabits
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“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.”
– Pablo Picasso
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tumblrbot asked: WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
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“Knowledge is now the property of the network. The smartest person in the room is...”
– David Weinberger, Too Big To Know
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The writer who made millions by self-publishing... →
There will be more and more authors like Amanda Hocking in the next few years. The publishing houses don’t realise yet that they are corpses waiting to happen.
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