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25 Feb, 4 tweets, 4 min read
This person, Teoalida, is an incredible example of a modern autodidact renaissance man, existing quietly. As long as people like Teoalida exist, I cannot in good conscience claim that label for myself. You think I'm prolific? I'm like a little baby compared to Teoalida
All I do is tweet. Teoalida designs palaces, builds databases of cars and real estate

"What is all this mix of stuff on same website? Are you CAD designer, researcher, database provider, gamer, or...?"

"I am ALL OF THEM! This is PERSONAL website and my life is very diverse!"
his personality is so amazing to me, he just doesn't give a fuck. it's inspiring tbh

I spend so much time and energy trying to meet people halfway and he's just like:
protect teoalida at all costs

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2. he points at some examples himself (usually people link to Kevin Kelly's chosen examples)
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