I think this is correct. Students who thrive in a lecture environment make it to Universities. Professors who are fantastic lecturers get jobs at Universities.
A few years ago I realized the most important part of gift giving is to devote some amount of time to really focus on a person and think about what they might want or like or need. In my opinion, this is the only part that matters, and if you take the pressure off of yourself for actually giving a great gift, sometimes you end up getting them something great anyway, because you're freed up to really meditate on them as a person.
Another tip is to pay attention to what kinds of gifts they give. Many times people just buy others things they want for themselves. e.g. my sister-in-law always bought women earrings, started getting her earrings to great effect!
I don't think the antidote to consumption is necessarily production. Not everyone has to be making things all the time. And I think we're moving past the "everyone producing and selling their creations on Etsy" model, culturally. I think it's OK to do nothing and produce nothing, and just spend time thinking, talking, sleeping, whatever.
HMOs are poorer quality insurance. PPOs you don't need referrals - you don't have to make two appointments if you need to see a specialist or convince your primary care doctor it's necessary.
I had a similar idea, but the organization would provide health insurance from the start. Basically, all gig economy/independent contractors/small business owners could pay into it and get better health insurance than they could buy as independent entities.
In my (somewhat cynical) opinion, formed from my experience as a business owner who has been targeted by countless "developer relations" types, the greatest value that they provide to their organizations is getting free/cheap developer labor for testing and implementing various API's/SDK's
As someone who has been buying my own health insurance for 15 years, you absolutely cannot buy the same exact coverage as an employer. They have MUCH better plans than what are available to individuals (in the three states I've lived in, anyway).
I'm actually still working on something similar but, basically, no longer trying to run a business selling educational games (more, profits from commercial development contracts with actual budgets funding the cooler projects).
Spot on. I received a small ($150k) NSF grant back in 2010 and made a semi-popular science education app/game for iPad. It was featured by Apple a few times and was even in an iPad commercial - it made basically no money.
It wasn't just about museums - he also set up and gave money to educational institutions and gave tons of money to libraries. This had a huge impact long term.
I did this too! Huge quality of life increase, especially with Amazon where they barely give you a second to process what you just saw before starting the next episode. Plus, sometimes the music in credits is really good - I'll just sit there and think for a while.
Agreed, it's definitely a spectrum - there are times I'm reading and I can definitely hear myself vocalizing. But, when I get really deep into a book, that voice almost completely goes away.
Another interesting note is that I have a VERY hard time reading poetry in my normal reading style, and have to stop and pretty much sound it out in order to comprehend it.
Hey, thanks! Yeah, my main talent is translating written information into symbolic/visual content/mental models... One of my goals is to allow people who have different brain styles access to the same models. Particularly in biology, where the prerequisite to understanding is to first learn a bunch of jargon - I think this is totally unecessary and shuts a lot of brilliant people out.
I think some people are just wired to be super verbal/auditory and don't have as strong pattern or visual/symbolic skills.
For example, a friend of mine who is a fantastic poet - VERY skilled verbally - told me that she was one of those kids who had to move their lips when reading, and she never actually learned to read the way I do (where words are just visual symbols that form patterns and have not that much to do with sound - I can read very quickly), she just trained herself to stop moving her lips. Just something I've always found interesting.
I've had two Samsung smart TVs, neither of which were capable of letting me share my screen from a Samsung Galaxy phone..... (well, technically, I did get it to work once or twice, but I'm very good at troubleshooting and it took me over an hour and three different apps).
Last summer I had a severely broken wrist, and the orthopedic surgeon was able to "squeeze me in" a few days later - literally at the first possible moment I could have had a surgery consult. Later on I had a follow-up with him, he kept me waiting for at least half an hour, but I totally didn't care because I knew why.
But yeah, I use One Medical and it's amazing. For primary care, they really respect your time like none other.
The US's massive cuts in spending for basic science research and the arts through the 2000s and 2010s - which led to many of the brightest minds either struggling to make ends meet, designing better ways to sell products, or working on get-rich-quick schemes - will open the door for another country/region to become the dominant force in societal evolution. There are only so many ways we can repackage and reboot old IP.
One of the first things they teach you in (good) art schools is to think about what your definition of art is. It's not the same for all artists, and not the same for all audiences. Some artists discount the audience altogether, or make art for a very particular audience. If it's not for you, it's not for you, no big deal. Art doesn't have to affect all people in the same way, or even be intended for more than one person to be valid. Sometimes you need specific prior knowledge or experience to understand a piece.
>Employees started receiving free headsets earlier this year, with some managers telling staffers it was because the company couldn’t sell enough and had extra inventory, said multiple people.
I applied for their developer grant program, and got offered a consolation prize of a free headset - that they wanted to send me a 1099 for the full price! Would have had to pay $600-1000 in taxes on it, so had to reject. Nice tax write-off opportunity with a bonus of good PR!
And I'd even say that the issue is not that practicality kills creativity, it's that creativity is hindered if a person doesn't fully understand the context in which they're creating.
I think that maybe it's the difference between simply "imaginative" and "creative" - creative implies that you're involved in the act of creation. Things can't be created in impossible contexts, so part of being creative is understanding and accounting for the constraints you're working under.
You're welcome! I guess what I'd say is, you are more than welcome to join the effort to create this kind of content on shoestring budgets. Then in 5 years we can have a conversation about tradeoffs, etc.