Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
Similar to a Secretary of the Future or Ministry of the Future,
should corporations consider installing a Days Division, a Decades Division, a Centuries Division, or even a Multi-Millenial Division—each designing scenarios and forecasts scaled to different timescapes?
from Pace Layers, pg. 210
…embarking on imperfect projects to envision far futures is, ultimately, more enlightening than never embarking in the first place.
from Pace Layers, pg. 205
In short: writing is important
Everyone wants the summary. But the summary is what’s left after someone else decided what matters. Their priorities aren’t yours. Their filters aren’t yours. When you operate on summaries, you’re thinking with someone else’s brain.
-Shane Parrish
Don’t live life on summaries, think for yourself
my bold; from Brain Food #635
Everyone knows what works. Few do it after it stops being exciting.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #638
It doesn’t matter what position you find yourself in right now. What matters is whether you improve your position today. Every ordinary moment is an opportunity to make the future easier or harder.
-Shane Parrish
my bold; from Brain Food #639
Telling yourself you’ll do it tomorrow is how dreams die.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #641
The Bright Key and the Leaky Ship: A Franklinist Guide to Evaluating Corporate Efficiency (and Folly)
polymathinvestor.com
What did xAI remove from the process? What can be removed from the home-building process? Can a home be built in less than 2 months? Or better: what does it take to build a home in less than 2 months?