[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Persistence]], [[Perspective]] - People: [[Adam Savage]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyvh8zOG_A --- ## Summary ## Notes curiosities are wonderful things for the mind and heart to collect. When approached cautiously, yet courageously, they can be avenues in which we discover a bit more about ourselves as we try to learn a bit more about the world. Reading your own comments on the internet is a form of self harm over time, the more your audience matures alongside you the less defensive you have to be isn't necessarily about defenses that keep you in closed and theoretically protected, but rather, a collective maturity where harm is devalued and respect is honored. losing the sense of who you are becoming someone who you do not wish to be our ways in which you would greatly harm yourself. Never lose yourself to the whim of others. Have enough self awareness to recognize privilege and open your perspective to those who may not be humbled by which you've been afforded the very specific set of people who are giving us the most crap on the forums, were a subset of folks I would call grad students. It's not about a single loud voice, but rather, the chorus of voices echoing in concert ultimately, the voice that matters is yours. How you choose to articulate your understanding of the world to yourself. We taught the scientific method was a deeply creative process. Adam Savage reflecting on Mythbusters the negative comments that resonate with you the most are the ones that seem to highlight your deepest insecurities. Rarely is that the intention of the commenter but at that point, it doesn't matter. Use self consciousness as a tool to either become better or to let go. It isn't about the act of letting go. But rather to address the reasons why you cannot once absorbed it will let go all by itself. I do not hit it hits all by itself. Bruce Lee summary. It isn't about defenses that keep you enclosed and protected, but rather the collective maturity that enables openness where harm is devalued and respect is honored. be humbled by which you've been afforded. It's not about a single voice but the chorus of voices echoing in concert. Use self consciousness as a tool for becoming and for letting go ## Original ![[Reading critical viewer comments - Ask Adam Savage-1.jpg]] ![[Reading critical viewer comments - Ask Adam Savage-2.jpg]]