The New Romantics

But there is one big reason why a lot of men don’t think they should create—they think their turn to be creative has passed. It was taken by their ancestors, and they misused the privilege. Now they must, in the names of their fathers, be silent.

The people we traditionally consider to be smartest are those best at some sort of a general math / reasoning ability.

This is not what genius is.

Buying used books is the absolute antithesis of the subscription model that is destroying everything I love.

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle is a concept in quantum mechanics. It tells us that what we measure determines what we observe. And what we observe determines the nature of reality.

To feel creatively and intellectually alive, you have to stop mindlessly consuming the Internet and start mindfully curating it.

In a world that glorifies individual success, we easily forget that our greatest power lies in our ability to come together.