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Weekly Newsletter: Everything is OK
In this week's newsletter [http://eepurl.com/comKxD]: 3 books you should be reading, how to come up with great ideas and a new podcast interview on the way.
When Quantity Produces Quality
From Further [http://further.net/great-idea/], the wonderful personal newsletter of Brian Clark: > "Psychologist Dean Simonton’s work focuses on creative productivity. His studies reveal that highly creative individuals don’t necessarily produce better ideas over all. They do, however, come up with more ideas." > "
Everything is OK
"Everything is OK in the end. If it's not OK, then it's not the end." - Anonymous
The Economy that Never Dies
Hugh MacLeod [http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=028de8672d5f9a229f15e9edf&id=187680278e#awesomeshare] : > "Business Insider projected in 2015 that over the next twenty years, we’ll lose 47% of our jobs to robots. So what’s protecting the other 53%? > Creativity. The fundamentals of humanity. > We will
Independent Blogging is Healthier Than Ever and Still Dying
Andy Baio on the redesign of his popular personal blog Waxy.org [http://waxy.org/2016/11/redesigning-waxy-2016-edition/]: > "But there a few reasons why I’m sad about the decline of independent blogging, and why I think they’re still worth fighting for. > Ultimately, it comes down
Musicians Want Their Analog Tools Back
David Sax, author of the forthcoming book The Revenge of Analogue [http://amzn.to/2e5T4wh], on why analogue tools are making a comeback for musicians [http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-lady-gaga-finds-appealing-in-reel-to-reel] : > “I think the sound quality is one of the smaller reasons why people chose analog,” Chris Mara,
Good Questions
Kevin Kelly [https://twitter.com/kevin2kelly/status/564936801207341056]: > "When answers become cheap, good questions become more difficult and therefore more valuable."
Mindful Reading...and Publishing
Patrick Rhone [http://www.patrickrhone.net/reading-thought-2/]: > "In an effort to be more gentle with myself I’ve come to embrace my reading as a part of my practice. I call it Mindful Reading (more slowly — the opposite of speed reading). The idea that my lack of speed
Reasons to Buy Paper Books
It helps to remember the things a paper book can do that ebooks still can't. 1. 30+ years of scientific studies have shown reading from paper improves comprehension and retention of information better than reading from a screen. Here's [https://www.wired.com/2010/05/ff_
New Newsletter
Just a reminder: every week I publish an email newsletter that includes everything published on this site and some extra stuff that isn't. Here's this week's issue [http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=17ac74e26fc4e20c4b566f584&id=798b5c4aff&e=6c3b62f11f] . Subscribe here [https://www.cjchilvers.