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Skepticism

The Community Rant

February 27, 2010

My friend Ryan Stephens wrote a follow up post (which I recommend you to read) to my post “How to Build a Community of Drones”. The post sparked a great discussion, and at one point it got me ranting.
I wanted to share that rant with the readers of OwlSparks:
From day one I knew what would [...]

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Love Is Irrelevant

February 4, 2010

Two days ago I guest posted at Ophelias’ Webb,  a blog run by Elisa Doucette.
You can subscribe to Ophelias’ Webb here.
Elisa, one of the nicest girls I’ve met online, reached out to me to write a post about love for her blogging series “All you need is love.” I don’t usually write about this kind [...]

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The Media Attention Whores

November 19, 2009

There are two ways to do things:
You can talk about the things you’re going to do, and then do them.
Or you can just do them.
Sadly, people seem to value more the former way of action.
The one that makes a big fuss about it.
The one that needs selfish justification.
The one that’s fake.
The problem is we encourage [...]

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Adjusting Resistance

November 3, 2009

Cowards focus on the adjusting part.
The part that still doesn’t work, that’s not as good as the previous situation. Yet.
They do that, because if they have any chance of stopping you, they have to cut you off at that moment.
Adjusting means usually ending up in a better situation. Maybe you are changing job, girlfriend, or [...]

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Calling Out Doesn’t Work

October 16, 2009

After this post some people told me that I should call out those people that I disagree with. Here’s why I won’t do it:
- There’s a fine but very visible line between disagreeing and calling out.
- People don’t like to hear the truth. The odds that my calling out will spark honest self-criticism instead of [...]

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The True Power Of Predictions

September 3, 2009

Predicting is fun.
Gather a couple of proofs and you can make your own sensational prediction that goes against the popular belief.
For example, I predict that huge profits in the future will be offline again. The internet business fad will fade eventually. It may be the most exciting place to have huge earnings, but it’s the [...]

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On Skepticism

August 13, 2009

There are two kind of skeptics.
- The stubborn ones. They doubt what is happening right now (e.g: the power of social media). Status quo lovers basically.
- The ones ahead of the curve. They doubt what people say is going to keep happening. They abandon ship before the bubble bursts.
Thoughts on these skeptics:
1) We pay [...]

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