May 2013
41 posts
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The magician's trick.
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge”. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called “The Turn”. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. ...
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Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.
– ― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside
Why prestige is the enemy of passion, or how to...
What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. You shouldn’t worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world.
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Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like.
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Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you do...
April 2013
30 posts
Do I love you?
Do I lust for you?
Am I a sinner because I do the two?