Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 25, 2021This was the year I've truly learned to say No to things, and now I can't stop. I say No to almost everything now. It's like a superpower.25101
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 25, 2021The trick is to define a couple of boxes within which you'll say "yes" and then figure out polite/canned ways to say "no" to everything else.324
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 25, 2021The two hard cases are a) when there is money on offer and you have to say No to money b) it's a much younger person asking for time and are sincerely/endearingly convinced talking to me would be helpful (below a certain age, it almost never is)27
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @xolotlsincerely doubt it will ever be because very few people are interested in those boxes or having anything meaningful to offer related to them11:24 PM · Jul 25, 2021
Nate Angell@xolotl·Jul 25, 2021Replying to @vgrWe on the interwebs are not exclusively interested in what is meaningful...1