Brandon Dang

meaning making disproportionately happens at the last 5% of an experience. “What transpired here? What did we learn here? How have I been changed by what somebody said in this room? And then how do I also exit? What can we share with everybody else? What are my follow-up steps? How do I move forward now having this time with these people?” And so... See more

The capacity to get up and walk away from the work is the same capacity that permits you to make meaningful progress in the work, when the time for that arrives.

Deep Okayness is not the feeling that I am awesome all the time. Instead, it is the total banishment of self-loathing. It is the deactivation of the part of my mind that used to attack itself. It’s the closure of the self as an attack surface. It’s the intuitive understanding that I am merely one of the apertures through which the universe... See more

Of this there can be no question — creative work requires a loyalty as complete as the loyalty of water to the force of gravity. A person trudging through the wilderness of creation who does not know this — who does not swallow this — is lost. He who does not crave that roofless place eternity should stay at home. Such a person is perfectly worthy,... See more

Antimemetic World Is A Fun Place to Explore Ideas

I want to keep writing books. I want to keep showing up here. I want to keep exploring ideas. Nadia’s book has helped me develop a more coherent understanding of what I enjoy about ideas. I enjoy ideas that people don’t like talking about. I like the uncomfortable truths. I like the scary questions.... See more