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As schools reconsider cursive, research homes in on handwriting’s brain benefits : Shots – Health News : NPR
For adults, one of the main benefits of writing by hand is that it simply forces us to slow down. During a meeting or lecture, it's possible to type what you're hearing verbatim. But often, "you're not actually processing that information — you're just typing in the blind," says van der Meer. "If you take…
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Isaac Saul on Campus Protests
The following quote is one of 12 points made by Isaac Saul, a man of Jewsih faith and a Zionist who, like me, is totally overwhelmed by deciding whether to support or condemn this conflict. If you want to read all 12 of his points on Tangle, go to https://www.readtangle.com/columbia-university-campus-protests-israel-palestine and scroll down to "My…
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Data is a tool, not a strategy
Having a fact does not equal having an idea, or a plan, or a strategy. Data + brains (often but not always) = valuable insights. Lindsay's Data Stack: Being data-driven is not a product strategy, 24-Mar-13 by Lindsay M. Pettingill Saying you’re data-driven is an excuse for having no point of view. Your strategy shouldn’t…
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Avoiding the Purity Spiral
People will emphasize and sometimes exaggerate their beliefs to get attention. Don't play that game, but remind people of which values you have in common. Digital Tonto:If you're serious about change you need to be explicit and focus on shared values, 2024-Mar-10 by Greg Satell Never underestimate the primordial need to signal identity. We want…
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Handmade??
misfits' architecture: The Beauty of Everyday Things, 2024-Feb-4 by Graham McKay For the past hundred years we’ve had people championing machine manufacture and value-adding design for objects that did perfectly well without it. What we’re left with is poorly designed and overpriced goods. Yanagi’s criteria don’t really tell us anything we weren’t already half aware…
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“Don’t do that” with AI
Book Review by Jennifer Szalai: ‘Literary Theory for Robots,’ by Dennis Yi Tenen The New York Times, February 7, 2024. What if someone wanted to strap a jet engine to a car and see how it fared on the streets of a crowded city? Tenen says the answer is obvious: “Don’t do that.” Why “Don’t…
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Tyler says it out loud.
Can anyone access and share this entire column with me? For centuries, the Western world has awarded higher status to what I will call ideas people — those who are good at developing, expressing and putting into practice new ways of thinking. The Scientific and Industrial revolutions greatly increased the reach and influence of ideas people. AI may put…
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My Favorite Innovation Tips from the Bill T. Gross Presentation at DLD24
I've been listening to innovators explain themselves for over 30 years, so it's hard for me to be surprised. So it was great hear Innovation OG Bill T. Gross mention a few things which hadn't occurred to me in the presentation linked below. Of his 10 Crucial Lessons, 3 of them jumped out at me……
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The Value of Content Archives for Brands
I juggle many projects, and it's hard to remember to work on their foundation… Your content archive, whether it's a web site, blog, or collections of videos, should be something that you can and do OWN. Commit to a URL that you're willing to renew for years and years. If you can afford to avoid…
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Writing is thinking
My excuse for not using chatbots… "Reading Recession" from Gurwinder’s 30 Useful Principles There is more text than ever, yet people are reading ever less and outsourcing writing to chatbots. This is dangerous because language is the basis of thought, and if you can’t read or write well, you won’t think well. Generation Effect:If you…
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