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on the atlas — 4

• Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Fear1 savers
• Not Knowing is Most Intimate – Everyday Zen Foundation2 savers
• Notes on Creative Transparency - by Elena Burger1 savers
• The Most Valuable Commodity in the World is Friction1 savers

highlights — 4

• But the way she spoke about her future as though it was the greatest thing since sliced bread made me believe her. I believe she will be this great person she sees herself becoming. I believe she will find happiness and success and that all her dreams will come true.

  Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Fear

• Within not knowing we make determinations and take actions. Every moment calls on us to respond and we do, freely and with full confidence. Sometimes affirmation is called for, sometimes denial. There are no rules. But whichever it is, we don't settle down there. We don't identify and dig in. We stand in not knowing, ready for the next moment to be different.

  Not Knowing is Most Intimate – Everyday Zen Foundation

• I’m beginning to think of this phenomenon as creative transparency. There are lots of different motivations for creative transparency: a company wants to dick-swing a bit, and demonstrate just how valuable the trove of data they’re sitting on is (the range of insights Ramp is sharing makes you both grateful that they’re being so forthcoming, but also makes you wonder, “what aren’t they telling us?"). It’s also a way to insert your company into whatever talking point du jour is trending.

  Notes on Creative Transparency - by Elena Burger

• The more we optimize individual experiences for frictionlessness, the more collectively dysfunctional our systems become

  The Most Valuable Commodity in the World is Friction