conveying_ideas – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Scaling Ideas: Apps vs Books

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

One disadvantage if you are not a programmer is that you cannot use the scaling effects a good app has. But you don't need to. There are books, and there is that rarely used spot in between apps and books.

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Fuck Motivation, make behavior easier

2021-04-24 | Reading time: 1 minute

An observation about students designing apps — they seem to be preoccupied with motivation, instead of making things easier.
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Recommendation: The ABC’s of Morality

2021-04-22 | Reading time: 3 minutes

A beautiful book on traditional, well, somewhat libertarian-conservative, morality.
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Die Zukunft deiner Forschung — Wie organisiert man eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit?

2021-04-22 | Reading time: Less than a minute

A chapter I once wrote for a student conference on how to organize a scientific work. It's in German (unfortunately), but still, might be useful for some.
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Nudging and Covid

2021-02-18 | Reading time: 1 minute

Very interesting, well-thought out and balanced view on Nudging and Covid19.
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Recommendation: No Safe Spaces

2021-01-24 | Reading time: 1 minute

Interesting documentary about the state of free speech in the USA.
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Well, teaching face-to-face was fun while it lasted

2020-10-26 | Reading time: 3 minutes

The Corona madness continues ... at the university. Unfortunately.
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Killing Ones Voice with Paid Endorsements

2020-10-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

YouTube and other channels allow people to contribute with their unique perspectives — but if they get successful, they can easily kill their own voices.

Image: Screencapture of Lauren Chen doing a paid endorsement.
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Recommendation: Uncle Tom

2020-09-06 | Reading time: 4 minutes

A very ... timely documentary about being black and living in the USA.
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Recommendation: Graham’s The Four Quadrants of Conformism

2020-08-01 | Reading time: 3 minutes

Paul Graham recently wrote a highly interesting essay on the four quadrants of conformism. Well worth reading.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.