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    1. Why do I spend more time tagging and organizing my music than listening to it?
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      Too much of a good thing can make the thing useless.
       

    Too much choice of anything makes decisions less clear especially in a world where we are dependent on so many people/companies who do not have our best interest in mind?

     
    1. Choices are difficult when it is mixed with lack of knowledge and diverse needs of consumers and producers
      2 supporters | posted by Yeah no
       
       
     
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      “Writing Wednesdays” #2: The Most Important Writing Lesson I Ever Learned

      When you, the student writer, understand that nobody wants to read your shit, you develop empathy. You acquire that skill which is indispensable to all artists and entrepreneurs: the ability to switch back and forth in your imagination from your own point of view as writer/painter/seller to the point of view of your imagined reader/gallery-goer/customer.

       

    How do we get comfortable with the idea that people are 1/6billionth as interested in our efforts as we'd like?

     
    1. we don't. some good advice is to remember this fact and write in a way that earns their interest.
      3 supporters | posted by seemore
       
       
     

    How can I avoid endless explanations of vague concepts?

     
    1. Reconsider your peer community when you find yourself in an echo chamber.
      1 supporter | posted by socialmatchboxlady
       
       

    2. This reminds me of a wonderful poem by Billy Collins:...
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    3. There is a tendency to think of this in very black and white terms - you either understand something, or you don't, and if you don't then you need to work on your understanding first. As Wittgenstein...
      2 supporters | posted by psoberoi
       
       
    4. it may be to vague because you don't yourself understand it or, just perhaps, no one has ever communicated that idea before
      1 supporter | posted by seemore
       
       
    5. say less
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    Why do I spend more time tagging and organizing my music than listening to it?

     
    1. Too much of a good thing can make the thing useless.
      3 supporters | posted by katia
       
       
     
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    1. Is the most concise view of mathematics a more precise form of verbal discussion?
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      The philosophical meaning and character of math mystifies me. I utilize mathematics discoveries and techniques on a regular basis but the entire world of mathematics is so much bigger than what I unde...
       
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    Is the most interesting story about mathematics that it used to be just verbal discussion?

     

    1. Math is just conversation with a symbolic white board. As long as everybody understands, you don't need to write things down.
      1 supporter | posted by katia
       
       
     
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    1. Is the most concise view of mathematics a more precise form of verbal discussion?
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      The philosophical meaning and character of math mystifies me. I utilize mathematics discoveries and techniques on a regular basis but the entire world of mathematics is so much bigger than what I unde...
       
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    Is the most concise view of mathematics a more precise form of verbal discussion?

     

    1. Well, sure.
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    2. The philosophical meaning and character of math mystifies me. I utilize mathematics discoveries and techniques on a regular basis but the entire world of mathematics is so much bigger than what I unde...
      1 supporter | posted by seemore