Andrei Stoica

Note that the key phenomena are not movements. They are not collective efforts to build social capital around any particular idea or aesthetic or value. Nor are they forms of propaganda or prestige. The real core activities of culture are disciplines of craft aimed at actually achieving something great, regardless of what everyone else thinks. They... See more

X Day was like D Day. Meta’s liberation is like the liberation of France. It’s like cities changing hands during war.

all our models that justify transport investment assume that travel time is always a disutility. In other words, the more time you spend in transit, the worse off you are. If you come along with fancy ideas suggesting that people may sometimes prefer slower to faster, it fucks up our whole model.”

So this is what’s happened to the world:... See more

The vibes are off, but they’re off fundamentally because they focus only on feelings and emotional connections that have already existed. They don’t provide or imagine pathways to new futures; they allow only for an understanding of what feels good or bad based on experiences that have already happened, things that have already been seen.

What’s been the hardest thing about running a shared practice as a couple?

Yihan & Franklin: Tracking and celebrating individual contributions! Oftentimes, as a team it is more intuitive to prioritize the bigger group achievements rather than the small efforts that each person is contributing. And it's worse when you are a couple because you think... See more