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How I feel about being back in NYC:

“New York’s streets and corners have a story attached to them and I guess that gives a sense of belonging, and in the process act as a markets on the timeline called life.” - Om Malik

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Om Malik considers the notion of home in the connected age, echoing Maya Angelou.

For more on New York’s ineffable magnetism, see E. B. WhiteGay Talese, and Anaïs Nin.

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jkottke:

I’ve spent part of the last couple of days trying to figure out what Thomas Keller is getting at here with his distinction between passion and desire:

It’s not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and…

possibleuniverse:

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“I believe in intuition and inspiration. … At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. When the eclipse of 1919 confirmed my intuition, I was not in the least surprised. In fact I would have been astonished had it turned out otherwise. Imagination is more important than…

explore-blog:

Live, love, truth, in a Venn diagram from artist WendyMacNaughton

explore-blog:

Live, love, truth, in a Venn diagram from artist WendyMacNaughton

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cacioppo:

Productivity in education has lagged productivity in other sectors of the economy because teaching is so labor intensive. Where exactly in the typical classroom is there room for investment, let alone productivity improvement? More chalk? Prior to online education, the bottleneck though which…

"The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, And if it take the second must refuse A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark. William Yeats, “The Choice"
"The operation with the best outcome is the one you decide not to do."