Ikigai – a reason for being
Song of myself
The past and present wilt—I have fill’d them, emptied them.
And proceed to fill my next fold of the future.
Listener up there! what have you to confide to me?
Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening,
(Talk honestly, no one else hears you, and I stay only a minute
longer.)
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the door-slab.
Who has done his day’s work? who will soonest be through with
his supper?
Who wishes to walk with me?
Will you speak before I am gone? will you prove already too late?
— Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass.
Blockchain, Explained [with Lego]
It’s all illusion
Remember young sir, it’s all illusion; and dreams though potent, are no solution to the problems that we face. The rainbows that we chase are no more real than the idea that your foot will heal. My words no doubt seem strange to you, but please remember that they’re true.
— The Pied Piper of Hamelin – Faerie Tale Theatre.
It Should Be Easy
Louis CK and technology
Louis CK is my favorite comedian. I love watching his specials and appearances on TV shows, listening to podcasts and radio shows that he participates… just laughing and learning from his unique mind and perspective. Continue reading “Louis CK and technology”
The power of vulnerability
Decentralization: Back to the Future?
A new and interesting research report has been published by Chelsea Barabas, Neha Narula, Ethan Zuckerman, in a group effort between The Center for Civic Media & The Digital Currency Initiative @ MIT Media Lab. The title is Defending Internet Freedom through Decentralization: Back to the Future?
The Itch – by Don DeLillo
I give some patients a pill, a patch, an injection. But what I am seeing in your case is that you need to think of your itch as a long-term commitment.