my first heuristing when trying new stuff out, nowadays is not how it works, but *who* made it.

if this is a VC funded / global megacorp thing, it automatically puts it in a no trust, try in a sandbox, give it a really long trial, and then use it and then don’t even trust it zone, if i use it at all

most times, I’ll just skip it. #ViaNegativa

life’s too short to be burned multiple times.

#mjbBabbles

My best advice to freelancers is… to avoid

https://sharpen.page/consulting/via-negativa-inverse-freelancing-advice/

#SelfEmployed #freelancing #freelance #vianegativa

"Let us say that, in general, failure (and disconfirmation) are more informative than success and confirmation, which is why I claim that negative knowledge is just more robust."

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#ViaNegativa

In spite of that, I am hopeful that it will be the best. I am testing the #ViaNegativa philosophy, perhaps losing twitter could be the best thing for my social media use?

I spiritually identify more with 🦣 than 🐦 anyway!

Filters are an important part of life. Filter your water, and filter your air!

But also filter sources of information.

Add "RT @" to your filters to remove #BirdApp cross-posts in your feed!

#ViaNegativa says that you have more to gain from subtracting a bit of information from your stream than adding to it.

#ViaNegativa is a philosophical idea or even an observation that you often have more to gain from subtraction than addition.

I think this is especially true of our information diet. There are plagues and epidemics of misinformation and if you cannot sufficiently protect yourself it's better to just delete your account on that network than waste your time with counterproductive information.