provocations

provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on

sari and

aaron

Outflow determines inflow

Sasha Chapin

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sari

A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted.

aron

aandrea

LOVE. what a beautiful provocation on aging.

the biggest misconception i had entering the adult world was that "more money means more intelligence is going into it", often it's actually the opposite! most ventures tend to have a fixed amount of 'sensemaking' and as the money grows the 'sense per dollar' trends to zero

David x.com

alex

In New York, people speak fast. In the American South, they speak slowly. Both of them are a form of politeness, understood in a different way. In New York, you speak quickly because you respect the value of the other person’s time and you don’t want to take up too much of it. In the South, you speak slowly because you want to respect the person by... See more

Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?

ssari

the opposite of a good idea is also a good idea

aron

In order to be born, you needed: 2 parents 4 grandparents 8 great-grandparents 16 second great-grandparents 32 third great-grandparents 64 fourth great-grandparents... See more

phoebe

I think a lot about how we don’t have anything in software in the category of luxury.

Sarah Cone x.com

phoebe