The Information Diet →
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This is the kind of diet I need right now.
January 2012
22 posts
“If you believe too much you’ll never notice the flaws; if you doubt too much you’ll never get started. It requires a lovely balance.”
—Richard Hamming
You and Your Research
You and Your Research
On Inventing Your Life →
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What are you going to do with that?
An essay adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May 2010.
Moral imagination is hard, and it’s hard in a completely different way than the hard things you’re used to doing. And not only that, it’s not enough. If you’re going to invent your own life, if you’re going to be truly autonomous, you also need courage: moral courage. The courage to act on your values in the face of what everyone’s going to say and do to try to make you change your mind.
— William Deresiewicz
Be sure to read the smart comments that balance out the article really well.
Wireless Wings →
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₱111M Angel Fund launches in the Philippines today
MIT launches online learning initiative - MIT News Office →
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MIT expects that this learning platform will enhance the educational experience of its on-campus students, offering them online tools that supplement and enrich their classroom and laboratory experiences. MIT also expects that MITx will eventually host a virtual community of millions of learners around the world.
Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud →
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It’s not all web and software.
What Is It About 20-Somethings? →
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They move back in with their parents. They delay beginning careers. Why are so many young people taking so long to grow up?
“To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.”
—N. W. Senior 1836
Baybayin Buhayin →
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Ang “app” na ito ay naglalayong i-pakilala at muling buhayin ang matandang Tagalog o mas kilala ngayon sa salitang Baybayin.
A Saint's Dark Night →
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Although the journals of Mother Teresa reveal that she doubted God’s existence, to call her a crypto-atheist is to misread both the woman and the experience that she was forced to undergo.
“My daily resolution for 2012 is to focus and get into flow.”
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