Mike "Bagel"

“Boundary lines, of any type, are never found in the real world itself, but only in the imagination of the mapmakers.”

Ken Wilber

For our purposes, the key observation from Dyble’s study is the uneven nature of the foragers’ efforts. A busy start to a fishing expedition might also involve a long nap in the boat during the midday doldrums. An exhausting hunting trip might be followed by multiple days waiting out the rain, doing very little. The rice-farming Agta, by contrast,

1. You should get to the point where you post enough to not get triggered by other people’s posts - this is often a challenge for new posters. They start posting more and start replying but the ratio of disagreement to agreement is off. Once you post enough you see the subtle difference between an interesting disagreement and

Offsites — while yes I wrote an entire post on why I think being remote is far superior than requiring IRL, there is obviously something remarkable about being around others who are motivated and building something special alongside of you. We do a once annual offsite to get the full team together. These have been full of breakthroughs, memories,

“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” —José Ortega y Gassett