Watching the news shifted from something you did for maybe an hour per day after dinner to something you could do constantly, even as a primary source of entertainment.
Schlagwort: Prioritäten
Newnews.
Wasting time is a basic human need.
I also came to see how the thing that we call “laziness” is often actually a powerful self-preservation instinct. When we feel unmotivated, directionless, or “lazy,” it’s because our bodies and minds are screaming for some peace and quiet.
Privatority.
Reminder: you want to work like a semi-priority queue, not like a stack.
Unexakt.
Der gütige Professor, der aus meiner öffentlichen literarischen Tätigkeit zuviel von mir wußte, um mich mit Kleinkram zu vexieren, sagte mir in einer privaten Vorbesprechung lächelnd: »Exakte Logik wollen Sie doch lieber nicht geprüft werden«, und führte mich dann in der Tat sachte auf die Gebiete, in denen er mich sicher wußte.
Stefan Zweig: Die Welt von Gestern (1944)
Comparing Cs.
Do you believe that Climate Change is bigger than for example the Corona virus? [...]
Name me the top ten things that you sacrificed for Corona. [...]
Name me the top ten things you have sacrificed for Climate Change. [...]
Andri Snær Magnason in The Europeans podcast: Using grandma to make people cry about climate change (2024-10-03)