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este diario el arte es visto como una cuestión de vida o muerte, donde se da por supuesto que la ironía es un vicio, no una virtud, y en el que la seriedad es un bien superior. Mi madre exhibió estos rasgos muy pronto. Y nunca le faltó
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“(La percepción del mundo comienza como una sinécdoque — ver la parte por el todo. La estructura del verdadero aprendizaje consiste en hallar totalidades cada vez más verdaderas, s[in] perder la percepción concreta de las partes.)”
― La conciencia uncida a la carne: Diarios de madurez 1964-1980
― La conciencia uncida a la carne: Diarios de madurez 1964-1980

“¿Cuándo deja algo de ser hermoso, un aspecto fiel del corazón, para convertirse en algo desviado, ligeramente apartado del eje, y después precipitarse en un vacío obsesivo?”
― Devoción
― Devoción

“Compounding this is the fact that the brain’s prefrontal cortex—the large part of the forebrain that lets us plan, think logically, and get work done—has a built-in “novelty bias.” Whenever we switch between tasks, it rewards us with dopamine—that amazing pleasure chemical that rushes through our brain whenever we devour a medium-sized pizza, accomplish something awesome, or have a drink or two after work.”
― Hyperfocus: The New Science of Attention, Productivity, and Creativity
― Hyperfocus: The New Science of Attention, Productivity, and Creativity

“Continually seeking novel stimuli makes us feel more productive—after all, we’re doing more in each moment. But again, just because we’re busier doesn’t mean we’re getting more accomplished.”
― Hyperfocus: The New Science of Attention, Productivity, and Creativity
― Hyperfocus: The New Science of Attention, Productivity, and Creativity
“Taylor believed that the unique success of the 914 copier had inculcated Xerox management with the doctrine that good things derived only from hardware. He was determined to show them that this idea was obsolete. As PARC envisioned the office of the future, a single piece of equipment could be made to serve multiple uses simply by changes in its software.”
― Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
― Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
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