sparks

the way to get outside myself was to go further in

Ava • a blog is a space for dreaming

Sick of being a digital serf

Many people who lack action are naive and like to sit and wait for things to happen naturally. They naively think that others will care about their affairs. In actual fact, other than yourself, others will not be very interested in them. People are only interested in their own things.

M. Tan • The 38 Letters From J.D. Rockefeller to His Son

being really deliberate about the layers where you are nimble & fast vs. the lower-down frameworks that should move more slowly and deliberately.

“things that work in practice, but wouldn’t work in theory.”

a lot of things have to emerge, bottoms up, for one to believe they are feasible.

I met some of my heroes and some of them sucked; I attended events that were hollow and demented but looked fun online; I eventually realized the best parts of my life weren’t exclusive whatsoever but run-of-the-mill: a result not of being elevated above my peers (on a stage, say) but thrust among them (in the crowd). In time I came to see these... See more

Haley Nahman • #221: “The tension of staying too long”

Ted Gioia • The Death of Cool

the people who win deals are the ones who want to win them most.

The New World: Joshua Kushner, Thrive Capital, and the American dream

Perfect is boring. Perspective is interesting.