Ideas I want to write about
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
erin glasstwitter.comThe world is built by those who can think, but it is ran by those who can articulate.
Most business plans are made, how-to books are written, and policies are designed by charlatans pretending to be experts. The learning of life is more about what to avoid. For e.g., avoiding cigarettes, junk food, toxic relationships, slow friends, overconfident confidants.
Via Negativa: The Process of Making Good Decisions By Eliminating Bad Ones
People talk about ai missing a “soul,” when what it’s really missing is a body. A biological one with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
All I know is what I have words for
If I had to guess, I think the general disappearance of good manners has something to do with how we’ve been conditioned to view each other: as things, not people. We see other people as things that can get us things. Maybe we have such little respect for one another because we have such little respect for ourselves. The commodification of the self... See more
When evaluating a company, one of my favorite questions to ask is whether it has an aesthetic.
We don’t talk about aesthetics as the highest form of brand or story or a reflection of team cohesion, because investing on “vibes” or “look” or “mood” is very frowned upon. Even using it as a data point is beaten out of us._... See more
Katherine Boylex.com“It is a joy to be hidden,” wrote Winnicott of the struggles of such children, “but disaster not to be found.”