Thought poking

I do not hire people I would not want as friends or as neighbors. I work with people who make my life easier. You can’t work with people who make your stomach grind.

Let’s say that I offer to buy you the car of your dreams. You can pick out any car that you want, and when you get out of class this afternoon, that car will be waiting for you at home. There’s just one catch... It’s the only car you’re ever going to get in your entire life. Now, knowing that, how are you going to treat that car? You’re probably go... See more

Everything around you—every convenience you enjoy, every space you inhabit, every service you use—was one person’s refusal to accept the world as it was.

The world progresses from a collection of irrational dedication.

That hotel didn’t have to exist. Every single thing we see, someone had to will it into existence against the entropy of the universe and the indifference of everyone else. That’s what the entire built world is.

“A new Jaguar shouldn’t land and everybody goes, yeah that’s nice,” he said. “We are fine with polarising. What we shouldn’t do is try and be loved by everybody... you’ll end up with vanilla – six, seven out of ten.”