Come on, give me the chills

Thoughts about changing, life, and whatever comes to mind.

Author: Andrea Grassi

  • complicated tech

    Sometimes tech gets in the way. I bought a mi band 2, which is fantastic, but I can’t help thinking that we made complex a simple thing like a watch.

    Years ago a watch was just a watch. Now you get notifications and all the sorts of attention-grabbing part.

    Is this the future we’re searching for?

  • people change you

    The context changes you. People change you too.

    If you’re with a group of friends you behave in a precise way, if you’re with others, your behaviour and yourself, change.

    Which is the more true version? None and both. But it’s up to you to be as much consistent as possible.

  • being pacifist and being pacific

    There are wars in this world. War we cannot end. But there are also war that we fight daily, war about our judgement, our ideas, our lives.

    A dear friend of mine dreamed of a man who told her “You’re a pacific girl, not a pacifist”. Note the difference, think deeply about the difference.

    Being pacific means you fight your own causes, when needed. Being pacific means that you avoid war at all cost.

    Pacifism is good, but it’s also a bit naive. It reminds us of our childhood when we thought everything was possible.
    Peace in the world? Possible.
    Stop sickness? Possible?

    Then we grew up, and became more cynic, less human. We forgot the dreams because they couldn’t be real.
    When you think about fighting you also think about people destroying other things. But fighting can also be as simple as refusing a condition, because we should set the bar higher.

    Higher than usual at least.

    Expect the best, not the max, from the people you love, and accept it wholeheartedly.
    The best meant in a human way, not in a “result” KPI way.
    We should and must aim to become better in this world. Learning how to discuss, learning how to fight without fighting.

    It will be hard as with many other things, but it will be worth it nonetheless.

  • what can you foresee?

    A software has bugs even the most comprehensive test can’t find.

    Bugs in every step. Is there a sure way to know if a software has bugs? I don’t think so.
    Yes, for simple operations we might come close to 100%, but when complexity grows, it’s hard if not impossible.

    Bugs will always be there, as in life we encounter the unexpected.

    Better to plan for the unexpected, than to be shocked.

  • when you talk and you realize the things you’re gonna do

    it happens, sometimes you talk over your intention to do something and you realize how big is that.
    You planned something big, and it scares you out, because you understand it’s true dimension.

    Happened to me today, I was even scared of pronouncing something because I profoundly understood the value of it and I felt very very small.