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it's language games all the way down

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"All empty souls tend to extreme opinion." — W.B. Yeats

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"in the midst of winter, i found there was, within me, an invincible summer" — Albert Camus

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Good questions! Lots of ways to think about the distinction between art and content, but my basic answer is: no, not all art is content, and not all content is art. I usually think of art as creative work that is emergent and driven by the deep mind, unconscious, muses, etc. I think of content as creative work intended for the "creator economy": branding, building an audience, etc. I also like this take from Thomas Bevan... "Content is a transaction presented as utilitarian exchange, art is an emanation of the spirit presented as a gift." ...and this one from @gilles: it's content when you make it for others; pleasing external expectations to grab attention quickly it's art when you make it for yourself; channelling internal rhythms to express your self deeply content is having to say something art is having something to say https://warpcast.com/gilles/0x51ad0bb4

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kids know the real secret is play because they haven’t yet been socialized enough to forget it

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artist soul athlete body entrepreneur mind

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this and keeping days open to take me anywhere and trying to find the play in every thing

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if you're stuck thinking, pivot to playing

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strongly held belief of mine is you haven't truly been to a city if you haven't used its subway

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strongly held belief of mine is you haven't truly been to a city if you haven't used its subway

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for sure simple and clear is the way to start just consider this one datapoint of user feedback ;)

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i think there's more creative feature ideas here than simple unlimited, unconditional opt-outs the core feature is cool - i just think there could be some mediation for this scenario, like postponing the goal at the expense of a couple of points but not at all also: from a user retention pov, i can imagine the churn among such unlucky users losing all their points through not out of laziness or discipline lack but sickness to be quite high

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sure except everybody sets workout goals while nobody plans on getting sick — it's a realistic scenario that I set a goal, commit points, get sick and then lose all my points surely you can see how much that would suck?

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hence the suggestion of a limited number of "emergency cards" similar to streak freezes in duolingo feels backwards a health app would pressure me to work out in a situation where the healthy choice is not to

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yeah but what if i fail the goal because i can't workout because of extraordinary circumstances: do i really lose all of my points? im all for holding myself accountable but sometimes shit happens and in the case of illness the healthy decision is often to not work out for once — doesnt seem right for the incentives to discourage that

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what if i don’t hit my goal because i get sick in a way physical exertion would be very irresponsible? no “emergency cards”?

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https://warpcast.com/gilles/0x38adada6

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David Lynch on (not) explaining art

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