Since nothing truly important is intellectual, criticism (or advice) based on logic should all be ignored.

Yet this person seems to mean well, what they're saying makes sense, and from that angle, their words appear to be in your best interest.

Except that your problem, at its source, isn't rational.

Problems are the outward manifestation of inner blocks to which only you hold the key. The path to solving them reveals itself when you take full responsibility.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't listen to anyone. Simply : don't listen to criticism "because it's constructive."

Listen to criticism because it resonates.

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Related links:

• Thinking Isn't the Solution
• Two Ways to Solve Problems
• Efficiency Doesn't Make You Happy (French Instagram)

If you're going to spend time on social media, you might as well try to learn something.

I know: there's a good chance that these contributions from various strangers and influencers might be misguided.

Despite that, my process remains the same: for years, whenever I come across an idea that resonates, interests me, or challenges me, I jot it down (in Obsidian). Then I compile the ideas by broad topics, which I categorize into sub-categories.

Finally, I try to summarize all of this into one or two sentences that capture the essence of the topic.

For those interested, I'm sharing the "Sales & Marketing" note below, complete with summary and sources.

I haven't discovered anything fundamentally new, but the fact that I've reassembled it myself from different sources makes me feel like I've understood it better.

Hope this helps:

That's the title of my next book. For now, I only have the cover but I think it's badass:

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Now I just need to write the book.

We work in one direction. We fail. We give up.

We tell ourselves "this wasn't meant for me, I'd be better off focusing on what I know how to do."

But some machines aren't resilient. A single missing part, wire, or gear, and nothing works. It won't even start, like a device with a blown fuse.

So it's possible to build 80, 90, or even 99% of a machine and, because of one oversight, get 0% of the result. Dead in the water, as if we'd done nothing (or done everything wrong).

It's true: the last few percent are often the hardest to achieve. And many systems aren't linear: they either work or they don't, regardless of how close you are to the result.

That's why there are far fewer "overnight" successes than we imagine. In reality, the creator has been working on it for a long time. They were about to give up. But at the last moment, they thought "what if I replaced this fuse?"

And the machine roared to life.

Three well-chosen words pack more punch than a page of fluff.

Who are you trying to reassure with all that text?

Simplify.

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Related:

• The accumulation trap
• Build in Public (TikTok)

"A bug hotel is a device that aims to facilitate the survival of insects and arachnids, particularly in ecosystems where pollination and biodiversity are sought..."
– Wikipedia

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Guest reviews:

• "My room was full of bugs!" - 1/5
• "Terrible drafts everywhere." - 2/5
• "Couldn't find the bathroom." - 1/5
• "Very pleasant garden" - 4/5

You too can verify that climate warming isn't some big joke by looking near your home:

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A chart I produced as an exercise to learn how to use the Pandas library (for data processing) in Python (a programming language) from Météo-France's ten-day temperature data at Saint-Arnoult.

You can clearly see the quarter-degree per century increase that climatologists tell us about.

I had already posted it on social media, but I'm taking advantage of being able to publish longer notes to share the code below. If you want to check in your area too, here's how:

I'm trying to set up a system for longer notes with an introduction that displays here and the rest that displays separately. Does it work?

UPDATE: And now you can even add comments! Click on the post title and then you have a link to sign up or log in. Just like on real websites!

One note a day, okay, but what counts?

Do I have to post before midnight? Or before going to sleep? If I stay up all night without sleeping, does that still count as just one day?

Am I allowed to post just one word if it's really interesting? (Like "deconstruction" or "guacamole," with a thinking emoji to show it's deep?)

Can I repost a note I've already written? Do I have to write it the same day? Who's gonna check? And if I'm tired, can I invite "guest authors" to write in my place? Do I have to pay them?

Who decides all this stuff?

Oh shit, that's me.

Well then let's say... uh... we'll see.

Good night!

As promised, I'm looking at my video stats less.

But a good way to tell when a video is doing well is when I start getting nasty comments.

My latest little joke about heatwaves and climate has already earned me three insults. Which means the video has spread beyond my tight circle of thoughtful, well-behaved viewers to spill over into the crowds who watch Pascal Praud and Cyril Hanouna.

On social media, insults are a sign of success.