i've learned that my greatest fear is the loss of my autonomy

A cruel reminder for most designers because it is the simple reality.

You serve the brief, nothing more. You're hired as a tool to solve a business problem.

But some designers are able to transcend this. They solve problems while also expressing an original worldview with their solution. It's when your work carries utility, necessity and meaning... See more

what use is this intelligence if you do not get what you want out of your own life?

The US dollar has strengthened relative to its main fiat counterparts since July, as the world finally realizes that the biggest sovereign debt problems are in the UK, euro area (France in particular) and Japan.

Many people talk about current debt and deficit but ignore the bulk of the iceberg is in the massive committed unfunded liabilities of the... See more

escribiendo en mi diario que lo tengo todo, por si un día de estos se me vuelve a despilotar la vida y tengo que regresar sobre mis propias palabras a recordar que nada es para siempre. así como ahora vuelvo a las de cuando me sentía perdida y no me reconozco, porque todo se cura

Taste is Selection

A museum director walks through her gallery, deciding which paintings deserve the prime wall space. Her choices shape what thousands will see, remember, and regard as beautiful.

But she selects only from what collectors donated or her budget can afford her. The collectors themselves bought only what their dealers offered, who... See more

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The AI memo has been extremely successful inside of Shopify. People all over the company have build remarkable things in response to it. One of my favorite is Scout, build by a small team outside of R&D!

Scout has indexed hundreds of millions of merchant feedback items. Social

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I heard this internal... See more

says every startup now needs a founding creator. Someone who speaks for the product before it ships.

"The founding engineer is the how... The founding creator is the why."

When it comes to political power, the Bible has a clear-eyed view of the propensity of leaders to succumb to the temptations of pride, arrogance, pleasure, and wealth.

For instance, when Deuteronomy discusses the possibility of Israel having a king, rather than describing his powers or privileges, it warns him not to multiply horses or wives or... See more