Oversimplified: Issue 75
Newsletters to watch, scaling autonomous teams, and strategic digital gardening
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Newsletter Audit
Iâve given some newsletter recommendations before, but Iâve never performed a complete audit on my subscription consumption. Hereâs the content that Iâm taking in on a regular basis these days.
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Independence, Autonomy, and Too Many Small Teams
Iâve always liked the âtwo-pizzaâ paradigm in the context of organizing teams, but this essay from Kislay Verma made me reconsider my views here. Scaling autonomous teams with aligned incentives isnât an easy problem to solve.
Designing a Dynamic Journal
As someone who journals each morning and writes down all my ideas, I really enjoyed some of the considerations here. One example: âWhen you type a phrase that looks familiar, you see some information about the contexts in which youâve used it in the past.â
Animal Crossing x Pattern Language
Is this what happens when you apply ideas from A Pattern Language to building environments in Animal Crossing? I wasnât totally sure what I was reading at first, but this is actually really cool.
đ„ What I Found Interesting
Strategic Digital Gardening
I couldnât track down how I stumbled upon this presentation on âdigital gardeningâ but Iâm glad I found it. Check it out: âA workshop for manifesting your goals through enjoyable, patient, vision-led internet toiling.â
Crypto Reading Resources
This collection of links from Dan Romero is one of the more thoughtful reading lists that Iâve seen for cryptocurrency. If you want to dig into the subject with high signal-to-noise, this is a good place to start.
Qualities of a Great Career
This is a nice little framework for thinking about careers. Itâs the order that makes it work for me, starting off with âWhere are fascinating people?â
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âThe theory of cognitive dissonance, holds that people dislike inconsistency and will act to eliminate it.â â Getting to Yes
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Conor