Agalia Tan
Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.
Brand marketing requires a new operating system today:
From fixed to fluid
From singular to multifaceted
From didactic to dialogic
At the origin of all good non-fiction writing is someone who thought: I want to know more about that. I want to understand how it works. I want to know where it came from and who was responsible for it. I want to understand its implications. It is a child gazing at the stars.
A question is a lens that frames how you see things.
A question is a provocation.
A question is what stirs up new associations and brings up mental cues.
A question leads, and directs.
A good question gets to the heart of things.
A bad question gives you red herrings.
From Ezra Klein:
AI might be able to churn out content faster than we can, but we still need a human mind to sift through and figure out what’s good. In other words, A.I. is going to turn more of us into editors. But editing is a peculiar skill. It’s hard to test for, or teach, or even describe. But it’s the crucial step in the creative process that
... See moreImagine your life as a book. What title would you give to the current chapter, and what is going to be the next?
on kindle, no one can see the type of book you are reading
Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past
— George Orwell, 1984
We buy back our time not only with the money we spend, but also with the opportunities we decline. The more clearly you know how you want to spend your days, the easier it becomes to say no to the requests that steal your hours.
