Ideas I want to write about
the best storytellers understand that an essential part of their craft is knowing how to pack maximal meaning into minimal words.
The 'Atomic' Secret of the World's Greatest Writers
We make the world not with our ballots — though they do, oh they do matter — but with the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what we are capable of, the stories we believe to be true. Politics, after all, is just the weaponized business of belief.
D.H. Lawrence's key to balancing intimacy and independence in love, Darwin on how to evolve your imagination, Gary Snyder on how to unbreak the world
Everybody wants to fight for their rights,
but nobody wants to talk about their responsibilities.
James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem said, “The best way to complain is to make things.”
And perhaps we can extend that to: “The best way to complain is to make things better.”
And perhaps we can extend that to: “The best way to complain is to make things better.”
Seth's Blog : "Can't complain" (but it might be worth considering)
Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.
Gurwinder • 25 Useful Ideas for 2025
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.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
5-Bullet Friday — The Odd Benefits of Donating Blood, My HBS Case Study, A Tool for Using Miles and Points, The Proust Questionnaire, and More
Pretending/posturing
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.com