What are some life hacks that you practice?
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As far as I’ve seen of so-called “life hacks” they seem to mostly be inelegant solutions for problems that either: a.) already have more reliable and tested solutions, or b.) are needlessly complicated / exaggerated to suggest they need a solution when they really don’t. The whole “life hack” industry seems to be people sitting around trying to figure out how to go viral by creating the illusion of cleverness. It is not Wú Wéi.
Do you believe in karma?
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As a general principle about how acting selflessly and as a force for good tends to help one find one’s way, YES. As a clockwork cause-and-effect accounting of one’s life activities, NO. In fact, in the latter sense, I believe the idea has quite a dark side that is frequently overlooked.
Senjutsu to Ninjutsu by Doshi Shigetsu
yellow bird perches:
the chairback at table's head.
it's eyed like a boss.
Clumsy Kung Fu robots
will become slaughter-bots
in our time.
What they lack in Zen spontaneity
and warrior ethos they will make
up for in speed, power, and
dense metal alloy.
Replaced limbs will make them more
-- not less -- capable fighters.
Will a battling robot ever wonder
How did we get here?
or
What is the point?
Or will it only wonder why it is
using its feet as impact weapons
when it has ray-guns?
(It is a little like building a typing pool
of robots... only way, way cooler.)
How do you write what people actually want to read?
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Step 1: Accept the fact that the overwhelming majority of people don’t want to (or like to) read. The only items I put up in paragraphs (these days) are book reviews. People will read reviews to know what a book says without having to actually read it. The book review is considered the lesser of two evils by those who don’t love reading.
Step 2: Read anything that’s more than a few punchy lines for the “reader.” (i.e. use audio files or YouTube-style video segments.)
Alternatively: Don’t give a rat’s ass and write for yourself.
speeding across
the river bridge by car,
i miss the scent --
sweet riverine perfume --
that I'd smell from the bank.
