Author: Nitesh Gautam

On generating engagement

These are the richest companies in the world, and they have the best engineers in the world. They could fix these problems if they wanted to. Twitter could deploy an algorithm to remove more white supremacist hate speech, but they reportedly haven’t because it would eject some very prominent politicians from their platform. Maybe that’s not a bad thing! The truth is, these companies won’t fundamentally change because their entire business model relies on generating more engagement, and nothing generates more engagement than lies, fear and outrage.

Source: Read Sacha Baron Cohen’s scathing attack on Facebook in full: ‘greatest propaganda machine in history’ | Technology | The Guardian

Best thing you learned at therapy

Avoid saying “should”. It’s too easy to fall into pressuring yourself and pushing yourself too much. Reframe and rephrase.

“I should exercise” ➡️ “I like how I feel after exercise”
“I should do laundry” ➡️ “I want clean clothes”

Whole thread is full of wonderful advises.

Source: Caroline Moss on Twitter: “If you go to therapy quote tweet this with the best thing you learned at therapy that way everyone else can get free therapy” / Twitter

On planning

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don’t wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.

– Andy Weir

Source: Andy Weir – A good plan today is better than a perfect…