@sivers

Author, explorer, xenophile, programmer, netizen, conversationalist. Former musician and entrepreneur. Everything is at https://xitter.cf/t.co/fuY6AJRuz5

 New Zealand
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Joined March 2007
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12 days in 10 different neighborhoods in Istanbul, meeting up with 30 local people for 60 hours of conversation

İstanbul, Tűrkiye

(The notes and conversations are at https://sive.rs/met/at-16) I just spent 12 days in 10 different neighborhoods in Istanbul, meeting up with 30 local people for 60 hours of conversation. Bad new…

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Bangalore India hospital flow

I just spent many days in a hospital in India.

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Building without predicting

On a podcast, I briefly mentioned that I’m building my dream house without predicting - by living in a bare cabin in the woods, then adding only what I find I actually need.

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Prepare your “no” and keep it handy

Someone asks you to do something, and you feel that pressure to answer immediately.

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My life was changed by four sentences in four books

Last week someone asked why I prefer books. My immediate answer was that I love their quiet, non-commercial nature. No ads. No hype. Just quiet wisdom with deep rewards for a focused mind.

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Geography is four-dimensional

Forty years ago, a family moved from India to Canada, and raised their children with “Indian values”. When those children visited India last year, the locals laughed at their outdated beliefs. Wha…

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Netizen

I can relate to the original meaning of this old term that means to be good citizen of the internet.

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No new instructions for the computer

You load the program into the computer, and it begins its calculations. It’s computing. It’s working hard, and it’s going to take some time.

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I was inconsiderate but now I’m everywhere

When I was in the music business, there was a record producer who lived in New Jersey, but refused to come into New York City. Anyone that wanted to meet with him had to drive all the way down to his …

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Offline 23 hours a day

Last month, I moved into my new home in the woods. There’s no internet and no phone service here. It’s so productive. At first I thought I couldn’t move in without internet. But now I prefer it…

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