alex

I hear people often express hesitance about writing something they’re thinking about by saying “it’s already been said” or “I’m sure other people have written about this.” A lot of this comes down to a fear of not being seen or accepted by others. The fear is “I’ll look dumb” which is just another way of saying “others won’t accept... See more

it seems obvious now that if the vast majority of easy returns over the last two decades came from being fast — in thought, in action, in conviction, in production that the slow is vastly overlooked. there are incredible things hidden in long timescales, considered decades, etc