Hedonic Treadmill
It's not unusual to feel empty and dissatisfied after achieving your most audacious set of goals. We ultimately derive meaning and fulfilment in hitting milestones, celebrating wins to feel something. Happiness. Oscillating between the highs and lows until you find your baseline of happiness. It's the perpetual hula hoop of emotions after you received the bonus from work, finished the key-lime pie and exited that startup. Happiness remains short-lived. So how does one escape the hed...
Hedonic Treadmill
It's not unusual to feel empty and dissatisfied after achieving your most audacious set of goals. We ultimately derive meaning and fulfilment in hitting milestones, celebrating wins to feel something. Happiness. Oscillating between the highs and lows until you find your baseline of happiness. It's the perpetual hula hoop of emotions after you received the bonus from work, finished the key-lime pie and exited that startup. Happiness remains short-lived. So how does one escape the hed...
Curation is Creation
Curation is the new creation. Here's why: 1. Connections are drawn. Underlying thematics over one-punch headlines and one-hit wonder stories fuels curiosity and creates shared engagement and interest. People need context and continued discussion to keep consuming what they consume. 2. Increased discoverability and variety. Information is everywhere. Librarians of the social web are needed to discover, source and organise new reads in one place. Authoring new content, can be energy-deplet...
Curation is Creation
Curation is the new creation. Here's why: 1. Connections are drawn. Underlying thematics over one-punch headlines and one-hit wonder stories fuels curiosity and creates shared engagement and interest. People need context and continued discussion to keep consuming what they consume. 2. Increased discoverability and variety. Information is everywhere. Librarians of the social web are needed to discover, source and organise new reads in one place. Authoring new content, can be energy-deplet...
