Derek Sivers
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Founded CD Baby in 1998 and sold it in 2008, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. Since then a writer and speaker: five books, 550+…
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49 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The rule of volume contradicts the common instinct that a more expensive surgery is better than a cheaper one. (opens korrents.com)
“We’re used to using price as an indicator of quality, so our instinct says that the $20,000 surgery in Switzerland is better than the $2000 surgery in India, but the rule of volume disagrees.”
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A disorderly flow where everything opportunistically takes the effective path and exploits gaps is natural, like water flowing around obstacles. (opens korrents.com)
“It’s not orderly. But neither is water flowing in a stream. It flows around obstacles. Everything is opportunistic, selfishly taking the effective path, exploiting available gaps. It’s natural.”
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Contributing to the internet without monetizing it is still the right way to be online, even after the surrounding culture stopped doing it. (opens korrents.com)
“Like picking up trash where you walk, even if the rest of the world is full of litter. You keep doing what you can to make things better.”
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The rule of volume contradicts the common instinct that a more expensive surgery is better than a cheaper one. (opens korrents.com)
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96 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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uBlock Origin (opens rcmnd.app)
“Install uBlock Origin in Firefox and Chrome.”
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Fastmail (opens rcmnd.app)
“Or if you don’t want to run your own email server, use Mailbox.org or Fastmail but only by using your own domain name.”
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Mailbox.org (opens rcmnd.app)
“Or if you don’t want to run your own email server, use Mailbox.org or Fastmail but only by using your own domain name.”
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uBlock Origin (opens rcmnd.app)