Agalia Tan
Companies are built to be predictable and stable. That's a bad thing in today's world.
- Kaczynski believed modern society made us docile and miserable by depriving us of fulfilling challenges and eroding our sense of purpose. The brain evolved to solve problems, but the problems it had evolved for were now largely solved by technology. Most of us can now obtain all our basic necessities simply by being obedient, like a pigeon pecking ... See more
from Why Everything is Becoming a Game
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.
— C.S. Lewis
- Friend, I hope you can see that what will propel you to thrive has a little to do with your skills and a lot to do with your mind.
I hope you get to know your inner world. I hope you thrive financially while living your values. I hope you focus less on what you achieve and more on who you become. I hope you learn to be kind to yourself. I hope you f... See more - Life is a photograph where the circumstances fall short of ideal and the results are absolute. However, within the flawed photo, there is beauty in finality. It is humbling to relinquish control of the work to limitations. It is freeing to accept the outcome. There is a magic in letting chance and kismet fill the cracks where your diligence and amb... See more
from That's Enough. by bobbyhundreds
success and
- But the real dance will continue. Artists will continue to need context. It's what brings value and understanding to their work. People — many of them also artists — will continue to delight in interpreting and helping other people understand creative work. It's what brings us joy. This is the dance that matters. It hasn't stopped and it won't stop... See more
from The prestige recession by Yancey Strickler
- Acknowledging this bias or incompleteness is perhaps the most important part of the work.
Answers are mere theory.from Making Sense of Culture Amidst Contradiction by Matt Klein
- a lot of times ideas and projects are formed out of a more ambient kind of thinking and talking and doing. Research is not always this thing of sitting down and concentratedly looking through archives or something.
from An Interview with Spencer Chang | Are.na Editorial
going the long hard stupid way is the best way and reminders to trust the process
- I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a group of humans tagged as a bowl of olives and a mezcal negroni. I'm not even hurt when this happens; it feels societally accepted at this point and I’m actually a little camera shy. But if you really think about it, doesn’t that say something about our priorities?
from A Major Regret in My Life: My Camera Roll