Agalia Tan

He described modernity’s obsession with Machen —do/make—as the belief that only what we can build, manipulate, or produce is real. This becomes the default metaphysics of acceleration: faster iteration, more output, more control. But Ratzinger contrasts this with another mode of being: Verstehen and Stehen —to understand and to stand. That is, to... See more

The dictionary is full of recommendations. It’s pretty clear on spelling. But some words — “success,” “worth,” “value” — you get to define for yourself.

Algorithms anticipate what we want before we even know we want it. ALGORITHMS anticipate. We don’t

The role of planning/strategy is point imagination and resources (time, people etc) in the right tasks that matter (so that they can have maximum effect). Identifying and articulating the task with imagination and rigour is at the heart of a planner’s role. It’s the art of choice and point of greatest leverage.

— W+K's Martin Weigel on our

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Alexi Pappas on how the story you tell yourself is the most powerful one in the world.

"How you talk about your experiences will dictate how you feel about them. Reframing our goals and rewriting our stories are powerful tools. Nobody can tell us how to feel about something. We can make our shortcomings into something beautiful if we want to. How... See more

It made me wonder: what other windows in my life am I forgetting to open? What joy is within reach, waiting only for me to notice the latch? Some opportunities for bliss don’t require effort. They just require remembering the second window even exists.