Build Something Beautiful
The craft of building great things
Yoshio Goto and
Build Something Beautiful
Patrick Collison on Stripe:
“My intuition is that more of Stripe success than one would think is down to the fact that people like beautiful things and for rational reasons.
Because, what does a beautiful thing tell you? It tells you the person who made it really cared, and you can observe some superficial details, but probably they didn’t only ... See more
Our choice of the particular work we do depends on the whole context of our life and society and current needs, of course; but there is also just a general orientation that emerges out of almost any set of accumulated experiences of doing something useful, particularly as part of a coordinated exchange with others. And there is profound, life-giving value in even the seemingly mundane ways we apply our minds and direct our focused efforts toward purposeful ends that matter to us. This could be as complex as building an entire company, or it could be as simple as flipping burgers at a restaurant. It could also be volunteering at a shelter, if we make a serious and sustained project of it.
make something wonderful
exploring the why and how the act of creating helps us come alive. INSPIRING MORE PEOPLE TO CREATE!
alex • 7 cards
In a world of fast content incentivized by advertising-based attention-hacking business models, being slow and considered is a superpower.
