Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
I am comfortable with doubt and am constitutionally resistant to moral certainty, herd mentality and dogma. I am disturbed on a fundamental level by the self-serving, toddler politics of some of my counterparts – I do not believe that silence is violence, complicity, or a lack of courage, but rather that silence is often the preferred option when... See more
Tom Davenport • Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #337- I’ve had several disagreements with friends about where you stand on things. Where do you…stand?
Our only gift to the future is giving everything we have to the present—our lives, lived.
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Maria Popova - Longreads
A tradeoff occurs every time you get feedback. You become slightly more mainstream, slightly more aligned with the zeitgeist. You become marginally more of an exploiter than an explorer , standing on the shoulders of the giants who conceived the paradigm you’re striving to build upon. This is very effective when you want to align your work with... See more
Leber • The Feedback Tradeoff
You must mourn the loss of your younger self, the person who has gotten you this far but who is no longer equipped to carry you onward.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
This really hit, but I like to think that in many ways I am a slightly smarter version of my younger self. I guess for some people there is a greater distance. Or I’m just in denial.
The internet is the psych ward of the information sphere.
Clinical Race Theory
How cool is this Jazz Quartet LEGO set?!
“That’s enough screen time for today,” you tell your kid, urging them to turn off the video-game console or iPad. As for what they should do instead, you are not quite sure. And what about you? If only you could put down your phone and listen to your spouse, or read a book, or embrace the sensation of your own existence, then surely you would be a... See more
