Searching for the rare and avoiding placeholders
Perth, Western Australia
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“Sit as little as possible; do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement.”
Reading some Nietzsche at present. Really like his philosophy of walking and ideation
In the last month I’ve read Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov and Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
I couldn’t have read either earlier in my life. I lacked the skills
Nietzsche is like a 🤯, but the question I would have liked to ask him as how I could have got here earlier
We need an anthem for our times
Growing up I had Rage against the Machine, because I won’t do as you tell me
My vote:
The Remedy by Puscifer.
There is so much lying from all sides. Scream
You speak like someone who has never been
smacked in the fucking mouth
Who else is cancelling their Stan Sport first thing tomorrow
You had one job
Even Mickey Mouse wasn’t this Mickey Mouse
@StanSportAU
Reading Yiyun Li’s book ‘Things in nature merely grow’. A must read for all parents
Remember these things are just placeholders
Steve Beresford🦉 retweeted
🦉 A mass treasure hunt appears to have come to an end...
🇫🇷 A buried statuette of a golden owl has finally been unearthed in #France after 31 years of searching.
📙 The hunt, “On the Trail of the #GoldenOwl,” was based on a book of riddles published in 1993
The person who explores on foot versus car, does not see the same thing
Apologies to Nietzsche for the adaptation
Steve Beresford🦉 retweeted
We learn more from reading on paper than on screens.
54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative.
The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.
One of the most important things I learned from @johnevann was the ‘theory of constraints’
This is more than focus on the weak points in the exploration workflow. If the workflow is permutation based and not combinatory, then each weakness is a fatal flaw
Steve Beresford🦉 retweeted
The proliferation of competing articulations,
the willingness to try anything,
the expression of explicit discontent,
the recourse to philosophy and to debate over fundamentals,
all these are symptoms of a transition from normal to extraordinary research. ― Thomas S. Kuhn
Went to the Fire Garden in Adelaide. Can’t recommend high enough. A sensory treat
Wish I could find out who the guitarist was. Perfect for the whole show. Compagnie Carabosse @IlluminateAdl
Steve Beresford🦉 retweeted
Narcissistic leaders are threatened by talent. They want to be the smartest person in the room.
Humble leaders are drawn to talent. They surround themselves with people who make them smarter.
Great leaders grow talent. They strive to make everyone in the room smarter.
I’m off to my first archaeology conference this week on the Hellenistic world
I love the challenge of new disciplines. It’s refreshing and of course a little intimidating
The biggest opportunities in my career have been taking on what at the time felt too steep a climb
I’m a lion with a dream of being a child
I’m reading Nietzsche’s ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ at present
Every now and then you find a text that you just nod along to, and wonder why you didn’t read it earlier
A young geo said to me recently he was a field geo because he spends time in the field on rigs
- Never maps
- Spends 12 minutes a day looking at rocks
Field geologist is not a word I would use to describe this job. It’s long road to learn your craft with this little geology