Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbirdand A Wrinkle in Time, you understand that there is really no reason to ever write another novel. Except that each writer brings to the table, if she will let herself, something that no one else in the history of time has ever had. And that is herself, her
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Everyone has a different voice, different thoughts, different ideas, and different ways of going about their world and their lives
To know what you are going to draw, you have to begin drawing.
-Picasso
Begin, and figure things out as you go
... See moreYou come to realize that missing out on something —indeed, on almost everything—is basically guaranteed. Which isn’t actually a problem…because “missing out” is what makes our choices meaningful in the first place. Every decision to use a portion of time on anything represents the sacrifice of all the other ways in which you could have spent that
They hang the man and flog the women
who steals the goose from off the common,
but leave the greater villain loose
who steals the common from the goose.
The law locks up the man and woman
who steals the goose from off the common.
The goose will still a common lack
until it goes and steals it back.
Adapted from “The Goose and the Common” and Sunrise on the Reaping (pg. 253)
… justice isn’t about fixing the past, it’s about fixing the future. We’re not fighting for the dead. We’re fighting for the living. And for those who aren’t yet born.
-Darrow
Live for the future, not the past
from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 280
When facing a tricky problem or ambitious goal, try inverting. Ask how you’d guarantee failure. The answers may surprise you—and unlock new solutions.
Peter Bevelin • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
The shortest path is the one you don’t abandon.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #631
In the age of AI…
What Will Change:
1. Your Tech Stack
“New tools that let you build without hiring.”
2. Prompting Is the New Skill
“Ask a better question, grow a better business.”
3. You’re No Longer the Bottleneck
“Systems will defeat busy.”
What Will Not Change:
1. Trust
“In the relationship lies the magic.”
2. Creativity
“Imagination is how you stay
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