Ideas I want to write about
That sounds fine, wonderful — real nonsense. Do more. More nonsensical, more crazy, more machines, more breasts, penises, cunts, whatever — make them abound with nonsense. Try and tickle something inside you, your “weird humor.” You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world.... See more
Maria Popova • Do: Sol LeWitt’s Electrifying Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt, Overcoming Creative Block, and Being an Artist
Remaining in the context of New York, it could look like this... The Right is fear-mongering about the dangers of everyday life in the city, while the Left doesn’t want to admit that the city has gotten progressively more dangerous. The Right doesn’t want to admit that police officers aren’t doing their job, and the left doesn’t want to admit we... See more
Reggie James • Political Expectations
To opt out, though, is to be excluded.
Adam Aleksic • how the algorithm keeps you under control
“when you start getting tired of saying it, that’s when other people are just starting to hear it.”1
contentfolks #83: you vs. the forgetting curve
Who does your business work for? If your only goal is profit, then it seems to serve only one group — the shareholders. But they’re only a part of the ecosystems your business belongs to.
Every company — big or small — serves six stakeholder groups:
And they’re all equally important.... See more
Every company — big or small — serves six stakeholder groups:
- Customers
- Employees
- Shareholders
- Business partners
- Society
- Regulators
And they’re all equally important.... See more
We Threw Out Our Bold Vision — and Only Then Did Growth Begin
Speed isn’t just important, it is the moat. The ability to build, ship, learn, and adapt faster than everyone else is the only sustainable edge right now. In a world where everything is open source, everything is demo-able, and everything is one blog post away from being copied, speed is the only thing that compounds.
Clouded Judgement 5.30.25 - Moats in the Age of AI
‘don’t be the best, be the only’
