Life is random and full of uncertainties
We spend our lives trying to control outcomes in a world built on chaos. But maybe the urge to plan, despite the randomness, is exactly what keeps us going.
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Hi, I'm Ric, a software engineer and a business owner based in Portugal. Here are some things that I’m most interested right now (in no particular order):...
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The Illiteracy of Free Time
We long for free time, but when it comes, many of us don't know how to use it. What if leisure is a skill — and we’ve simply never learned it?
True Experts Embrace Complexity
In a culture chasing quick solutions, true expertise belongs to those who face complexity — not run from it.
The world has more consumers than creators
We're seeing a turning point in human behaviour. We used to use tools to create. And one of the most powerful tools we've got are computers (laptops, desktops, phones, tablets, …). But we are using computers more to consume content than to produce them. We are trading the pleasure of creating for the pleasure of consuming. The first is sustainable and fulfilling in the long term, the later only…
Embracing change
Life's all about changes. Either we ignore it or take it into account.
Models are great, life just won’t follow them
Models are great thinking tools, but only when used in a conscious way.
Progress is not linear
Things progress in jumps, not in straight lines.
luck = exposure + awareness
In business luck is a mixture of being aware and making yourself available to opportunity.
I love the concept of Idle Games
In Idle Games you are rewarded when not playing. You wait for resources to be produced or created, leaving you longing to return some point later on.
Slow progress is better than no progress
Being productive is about making progress. It's a slow, intentional and uninteresting process. However, it is very easy to work towards it.