Andrei Stoica

Such guides go by many names—call them influencers, or content creators, or just “this one guy I follow.” Guided by their own cultivated sense of taste, they bring their audiences news and insights in a particular cultural area, whether it’s fashion, books, music, food, or film.

Perhaps the best way to think of these guides is as curators; like a... See more

Ever since I read Barbara Tuchman’s book about the Black Death, A Distant Mirror, in 2020 (my notes here), I’ve been enamored of the idea that modernity began not in the 16th century, with the Age of Exploration, as in conventional accounts, but in the 13th (which was also an age of exploration1). Apparently I’m not alone in thinking this. Sachin... See more

This home obviously isn’t anything resembling “modern” architecture, and the front of the house has a great deal of ornamentation. Stone cladding, decorative shutters, faux lintels over the windows, and so on. On the sides , however, there’s virtually nothing: no stone cladding, no decoration on the windows, almost no ornament whatsoever. (In many... See more

⁠Our DEI work at garden3d is centered on creating a safe and equitable space that is inclusive and encourages all people to be their true selves. We’ve chosen the BICEPS framework as the guiding philosophy behind our DEI work. BICEPS focuses on addressing our core needs as humans: Belonging , Improvement , Choice , Equality/Fairness ,... See more

NYC tech’s newest symbol of peak status is a studio space built around a creative collective. The current wave of VCs & founders are running their businesses out of “Brooklyn-based studios” and investing in “the art of company building” predicated on taste. It’s all connected

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The new high-status thing is being a creative,... See more

Rewire your patterns

The most empowering thing I’ve heard is that there is a gap between stimulus and response, and that the key to both our growth and happiness is how we use and expand that space.

Our responses typically come from patterns and scripts handed down from our parents and our pasts. We are not hostage to those patterns, we can update... See more

Politically, too, Europe is more united than it has been in its entire history — witness how the whole region came together to apply sanctions on Russia in 2022, and how even traditionally neutral countries like Sweden have been joining NATO.