provocations
provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on
sari and
provocations
The biggest mistake a consumer company can make, Arnault says, is to delegate advertising to the marketing department.
Suzy Wetlaufer • The Perfect Paradox of Star Brands: An Interview with Bernard Arnault of LVMH
“Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me. Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you. But asking for help with gratitude says: We have the power to help each other.”
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
My philosophy re startup speed has completely changed over the last few years.
I grew up at Uber, professionally, which held speed as the absolute, ultimate goal.
Now, I still value speed, but hold quality as the binding constraint.
Flo Crivellotwitter.comagree w/this point. speed gets less important the more competitive your market is. when the market is already full of crap you really need to rise above the rest
I wonder how many of the fears I hear about AI are really fears about ourselves as humans. How easy it is for people to replace others in the name of power and efficiency. To steal from others and call it innovation. To project love, belief and meaning onto the inanimate.
Ņ̨͈̯̻̪̥̥ͅick S̘͓͙usix.com
the key to happiness is not comfort, but discomfort
I find myself all the time without a great piece of content to consume. And the demand-supply thing just hasn't reached an equilibrium yet, maybe it never will. And audio is unique in the sense that it is at least 10 times easier to create an unbelievable hour of audio for me, and my format's interview, interviewing someone great like David. That... See more
Frederik Gieschen • A Compulsive Search for the Most Interesting People with Patrick O'Shaughnessy - Compound Manual
no good alone - by rayne fisher-quann - internet princess no good alone
rayne fisher-quanninternetprincess.substack.com
fuck this hits so hard. "The process of becoming yourself is not a corporate desk job, and it is not homework. You do not have to treat your flaws like action items that must be systematically targeted in order to receive a return on investment."