focus
This tweet has basically become The Central @visakanv Tweet. focus your time and energy on what you want to see more of &mdash
joke about outcomes you want
one of my riffs on Twitter that’s taken off and embedded in other people’s minds is the idea of “joke about
the solution to your imposter syndrome is not inside your head
The problem of imposter syndrome (under-estimating yourself) and Dunning-Krueger (over-estimating yourself) are both addressed
ayy lmao
a lot of paradoxes might be best resolved with a sense of humor. (eg: dicking around can be productive, but if you’re an
narrow utilitarianism
just as it takes the lows to define the highs, and the dark to define the light, if you want to be properly utilitarian, you m
feral free agents
I’m not a fan of the word “unemployed”. First of all, it’s come to imply that the default state is
todo lists as narrative devices
every one of us is living in some kind of story. who are you? what is your name? where do you live? are you a student? what do
systems thinking
To me, “systems thinking” is just “thinking”. If one’s thinking does not naturally lead them to
problems are solvable: define, solicit, integrate
(2020feb29 thread) I don’t usually think of myself as a very clear-headed person… until people come to me with their p
talking points
This is a slightly edited repost of a twitter thread I once did at 520am in the morning to try and recap all of the things I t
word magic
— 1 — I have always been very passionate about words. As I said in the library ethos, I grew up reading books and have str
dominoes
I reference and revisit and reuse this tweet a lot so I figured I might as well do a blogpost about it. It’s been surpri
Most People
I’ve been sharing this set of notes more and more as time goes by. I suppose you could say most people care too much abo
🎸 let’s jam!
dec2023 update: I should talk about wooten, werner, mayer, the beatles, paramore, guns n roses… In my cornerstone post T
kids in shitty social graphs
The following is a riff from a twitter thread I once wrote that I reference fairly often. I’m choosing to reproduce some
unlearning coercion
It took me a long time (maybe 10-15 years?) to properly realize that I was in an abusive relationship with myself, where my se
🍵 empty your cup and allow life to surprise you
thread I never really understood the whole “empty your cup” and “unlearn what you have learned” thing until maybe a co
📱 screentime
I had a large amount of screentime as a child. And if I could go back in time and have a do-over, I would have liked even more
🤓 ‘Smart Writing’ is about cultivating taste, suspending judgement and chasing your curiosity
I saw someone tweet “I wish smart writing came to me as easily as dumb tweeting” — and so I am here to share my strategy
#StrugglePorn – is it painting a false picture?
good conversation started here with Nat & Gary I’m not personally a fan of Gary’s overall brand, but I appreci
☎️ our metaphors for god adapt to keep up with our technology
Most of us inherit an idea of God as a “world craftsman”. If you think about it, this idea could not predate craft
🗣 mansplaining is sometimes (but not always) innocuous
If I had to do a “the difference between men and women” type of standup set, I think I would focus on the phenomenon of ma
👀 when arguing, strive to understand context
— 1. When arguing, seek to understand context — [Published 2016] Roughly between ages 13 and 23 I was thoroughly convinced
🚀 the jetpacks of the 2020s will be whatever helps us navigate information overload
2023 update: feel like doing a little bit of metacommentary on this post. It’s interesting because I started piecing it
an analysis of power and social dynamics in ‘Mean Girls’
Theory: The movie has such enduring power and is quoted so much because it sheds some incredible light on real sociological ph
⛰ one must imagine Sisyphus LOL-ing
Life, particularly in modern civilization, is an absurd circus. We’re all clowns living in boxes trying to amuse ourselves w
💀 the heat death of the universe means legacy is ultimately futile
Pup Ponders the Heat Death of the Universe, (c) Drew Weing (I wrote this in 2013 in a a conversation with a friend, and decide
🕶 My MBTI Journey: Each new way of seeing can become a new set of blinders
2023 update: Rereading this post, I find myself thinking about the blinders thing again. In the mid-2010s, learning about ADHD