This Week - May 16, 2014

Simply: if you have to use someone else’s name or authority to get a point across, there is little merit to the point (you might not believe it yourself).

— Authority & Merit (Jack Dorsey for Medium)

Perhaps the biggest lesson, though, came at the expense of my ego. During my week away from email, nobody seemed concerned by my absence.

— What I Learned After Quitting Email For A Week (Charlie Warzel for Buzzfeed)