values in action
“A principle isn’t a principle until it costs you something.” — Bill Bernbach
Barlow knew that new technology could create and empower evil as much as it could create and empower good. He made a conscious decision to focus on the latter: "I knew it’s also true that a good way to invent the future is to predict it. So I predicted Utopia, hoping to give Liberty a running start before the laws of Moore and Metcalfe delivered up... See more
Cindy Cohn • John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018
This Substack should be a place for honest and useful conversation, on more or less any topic. But intentions matter.
There will be an ironclad no-assholes policy, enforced with the apparent capriciousness of a bolt of lightning. If you ever find yourself wondering whether to say something vicious to another subscriber here, please take a moment to... See more
There will be an ironclad no-assholes policy, enforced with the apparent capriciousness of a bolt of lightning. If you ever find yourself wondering whether to say something vicious to another subscriber here, please take a moment to... See more
Sam Harris • About - Sam Harris
Around the same time, as I began to regain my sense of balance, I reread the work of my friend and mentor Amy Krouse Rosenthal, who'd died a few months earlier. She'd once written, "For anyone trying to discern what to do w/ their life: PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO. That's pretty much all the info u need."
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Great originals are great procrastinators, but they don’t skip planning altogether. They procrastinate strategically, making gradual progress by testing and refining different possibilities.
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Bill Watterson’s 1990 Commencement Speech, via Both are True
How would you like to be remembered by your descendants? What would you like colleagues to say at your retirement dinner? If the words don’t flow, draw a picture, make a sculpture, or maybe even produce a video. Studies have shown that if you can visualize yourself successfully achieving your long-term goals, producing the legacy you want to leave,
... See moreStewart D. Friedman • Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life
DESIGNING A BRAND MANTRA Unlike brand slogans meant to engage, brand mantras are designed with internal purposes in mind. Although Nike’s internal mantra was “authentic athletic performance,” its external slogan was “Just Do It.” Here are the three key criteria for a brand mantra. Communicate. A good brand mantra should clarify what is unique about
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