the will to have nice things

I once sat in a room with a bunch of machine learning folks who were developing creative artificial intelligence to make “good art.” I asked one researcher about the training data. How did they choose to operationalize “good art”? Their reply: they used Netflix data about engagement hours.The problem is that engagement hours are not the same as goo... See more

That’s the environment. But the white pill is that substance, can cut through even more. The people genuinely yearn for the next Apple. Care, craft, a love of the arts.

Give it to them. Give it to them forreal, not just the cosplay.

You’ll find there’s no playbook. It can’t be copied. It’s a lot harder. But you won’t feel gross.

I want to live in a community where everyone cares.

I really believe that you should love your tools, and that by loving them it encourages you to connect with them and use them when you otherwise might not.

We got these phone booths (a K6 from the 1930s, and a KX100 from the 1990s) for the @stripe lobby, as a reminder that there are always two paths in everything we make: something that elevates and makes you smile, or, well, whatever the thing on the right is. https://t.co/OREBUJElp6