Thought provoking

You don’t need more time. You need more focus.

Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.

When the world zigs. Zag.

“We’re just a hair away from being crazy, every one of us.”

— Cyan Banister

We have an abundance of calories in the United States but no efficient way to get them to the people who need them the most. The people who don’t need them often have too much.

What risk are we radically underestimating as a species? What are we overestimating?

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“If we had to please investors, we’d have stringent financial controls, we’d have to explain and justify every decision. That would be bad business for people who rely on strong feelings about what’s right rather than on black and white “facts,” which often turn out to be false. If you’re your own boss, you can move fast. When ideas have to be impl... See more