Fifty years ago..........................

Renaissance.......................Turn of the Cards album

 

quick vs. fast.......................

 

But self-help quick fixes are bogus because they’re shallow. Not because change can’t happen fast. If you’re willing and able to get deep and honest about why you do the counterproductive, happiness-limiting things you do, there’s no automatic reason why it might not be possible to walk away from them today.

-Oliver Burkeman, from here

Fifty years ago.......................

Bob Dylan/The Band...........Before the Flood album

 

On time......................

 You don't need more time because you already have all the time that you will ever get; you need more focus.

-Kevin Kelly

Fifty years ago..........................

Fleetwood Mac...............Heroes Are Hard to Find album

 

Granny's Rule.......................

 Granny’s Rule, to be specific, is the requirement that children eat their carrots before they get dessert. And the business version requires that executives force themselves daily to first do their unpleasant and necessary tasks before rewarding themselves by proceeding to their pleasant tasks. 

-Charlie Munger

Fifty years ago.................................

Billy Joel...............Streetlife Serenader full album

 

insulation....................

In ever more areas of life, algorithms are coming to substitute for judgment exercised by identifiable human beings who can be held to account. The rationale offered is that automated decision-making will be more reliable. But a further attraction is that it serves to insulate various forms of power from popular pressures.

-Matthew B. Crawford, from this essay

Fifty years ago..........................

John Coltrane............................Interstellar Space