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“What is talkativeness? It is the result of doing away with the vital distinction between talking and keeping silent. Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk--and act essentially. Silence is the essence of inwardness, of the inner life. Mere gossip anticipates real talk, and to express what is still in thought

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Second, most of the folks making the most noise in a technological bubble either i) do not read history, ii) need to make it seem like their technology is world changing and the change is closer than anyone can ever imagine (because otherwise investors would not be willing to hand over their cash) ... or iii) blindly believe the folks who are

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But here’s what we do know as we age: we come to realise that ‘out there’ is not a place in the world- it is a place in our heads. It’s an emotional state of mind that requires risk, vulnerability and the timid hope that what you dream of doing might just be of value to the world. Those are hard things to reconcile as you get older. Risk can seem... See more

One thing I have been thinking about since I gave birth is the range of spiritual qualities that are implicit in physical pain — the way it enforces a sort of presence that melts down the world around you. And the irony of how its sibling sensation, emotional pain, persuades (at least in my experience) just the opposite: an evacuation from the... See more

Jesper tells a story about how he is currently working on designing a new type of organ. In preparation for this, he’s been playing an organ he bought, it in house… for the past 5 years.

Shortly later in conversation Dylan asks, “do you believe in user research?” To which Jesper immediately says, “uhh… no.”

MY BROTHER, DID YOU NOT HEAR THIS MAN’S... See more