Andrei Stoica

Taste is not some idea of good design and brand. That definition isn’t rooted in a single damn thing.

Taste is that personalizing moment, that got transferred spiritually. It’s Naoto Fukasawa’s idea of embodiment in design. It didn’t come from a vague notion of “being good”. NOOOOOOOOO it came from dropping in on that moment in life, being ready... See more

David Lynch: “In Los Angeles, and maybe many places in the world, people are going through red lights. It’s a big problem. I understand the frustration, with the light turning yellow, and the cars in front are going ahead. But it’s extremely important to stop for red lights. I love to drive. I enjoy driving. And I always stop at the red lights,

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Henderson and Clark cite Abernathy and Utterback (1978) who, if you’ll recall from Vertical Integrators: Part II :

co-authored a paper titled A Dynamic Model of Process and Product Innovation . By looking at a study of 120 firms, they found that product innovation is initially dominant but gradually gives way to process innovation as the product

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Prestige outlives institutional health

Peaceful, integrated, and long-lasting institutions are often seen as healthy and likely to endure. However, it is precisely these conditions that allow their gradual hollowing-out and descent into dysfunction to remain unnoticed.

The ancient nature of such institutions might signify the presence of a... See more

I got quite mixed messages about the state of public opinion in China. This is to be expected in a society where you can't establish common knowledge. One person told me that the new generation is quite nationalist, unlike the older reform generation which personally experienced the catastrophes of Mao and the tangible benefits of liberalization.... See more

Something about Lynch that it took me years to even begin to understand — I still don’t understand it fully — is that his singular ability to translate primordially unsettling moments into images and sounds existed not despite but because of the deep, almost “square” sense of goodness in him.