Human Flourishing
Rao:
“Yes, because we’re obsessed with scaling before weirdness. True innovation is psychotic at first—it doesn’t appeal to the rational investor. We killed the weirdo inventor in favor of the fundraising founder.”
“Yes, because we’re obsessed with scaling before weirdness. True innovation is psychotic at first—it doesn’t appeal to the rational investor. We killed the weirdo inventor in favor of the fundraising founder.”


Will Oldham on Steve Albini: ‘He elevated the quality of the human experience’
Will Oldhamtheguardian.com
And in Rebecca Solnit’s words, “Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency…. Hope is a gift you don't have to surrender, a power you don't have to throw away.”

This week, Nick Cave dropped in on Stephen Colbert’s chat show to talk about a lot of things - but his response to a fan letter caused a buzz, in which he replied to someone sharing their struggles to stay hopeful in the face of cynicism, asking Cave: “Do you still believe in us human beings?”
Cave’s response quickly went viral on social media, an... See more
Mike Sowdensubstack.comThat is pretty unfair of me, because not only am I assuming an awful lot, but Laszlo seems pretty content, certainly more content and happier than I am. Feeling sorry for someone, projecting your idea of success and meaning, while perhaps well intended, is awfully insulting
