Alec Resnick

@aresnick

working to start a different kind of university

Somerville, MA
Joined May 2007

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    Jan 26

    “don’t mistake a clear view for a short distance”

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  2. Jan 25

    The ratio of work motivated by your idealism v. work motivated by antipathy toward those who reject your ideals.

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    Jan 22

    libgen/scihub are of such monumental social/moral worth that their illegality delegitimizes the law as a whole

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    Jan 23

    Are people silly for not having coherent, non-contradictory beliefs, or is it silly to expect intelligent people to have global, universal, coherent beliefs about messy reality?

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    Jan 9

    its funny how counting things can be an act of aggression

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    Jan 19

    The aspect of humility worth cultivating is avoiding making others feel small.

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    there is a gentleness to someone making dioramas all weekend and if someone ever lets you into their thing and you make them feel bad about it you deserve to have all your ribs fall out

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    Jan 21

    I believer that within a decade computers will be able to replicate the experience of writing on a used napkin

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    Jan 20

    The primary function of the conscious mind is to train the unconscious mind.

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    Jan 17

    "Confidence has to come before competence ... I think this is why I preach all of this fortune cookie type stuff on twitter ... you have to believe you can learn it before you do."

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  11. Jan 15

    So good: “But it’s not a principle ‘til it’s cost you something”

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    face the truth don't let the future go to waste

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    Jan 13

    if techies were the current-day priests, holders and wielders of the most important current technology (like writing once was), then it would be absolutely relevant that they have better values than christianity-lite

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    Jan 12

    sweatpants that say VACCINATED on the butt

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    Jan 12

    I miss trees most. not just their presence, but the way they amplify other natural presences. like, you feel the wind's presence more when you hear it rushing through trees. and you feel sunlight's presence more when it's filtered through a tree's silhouette

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    Jan 13

    "We'll be using things, from day one, without fully understanding their meaning, thus constantly incurring a conceptual debt. Some of this debt will be paid later. Some of it will stay with us forever."

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    Jan 13

    Reading through Dewey's Creed. So many educators point to Dewey and I see so few examples of education today that truly respect this creed and it's emphasis on the relationship between the individual and society: brought to my attention via

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