reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
On Nonscalability: The Living World Is Not Amenable to Precision-Nested Scales
The document explores how scalability, the ability to expand without changing the framework, has shaped modern projects, economies, and knowledge, leading to a loss of transformative diversity.
asletaiwan.orgThe bewildering phenomenon of declining quality
english.elpais.com
On shortcuts and longcuts
open.substack.com
Debugging Tech Journalism—Asterisk
asteriskmag.com
The curse of the Michelin star
economist.com
When a restaurant gets a Michelin star: Customer expectations rise, employee wage demands rise, suppliers expect you to pay more, and the restaurant is more likely to go out of business in the ensuing years.
Reconciling Opposites Jul 02
Reconciling opposites in various aspects of life, such as freedom-order, individual-society, and rationality-sentiment, is explored through various perspectives and philosophical ideas.
Linka beautiful doc with compilations from Lorenzo Servitije, the founder of Grupo Bimbo (and one of the richest men in Mexico) shared by a newsletter reader in response to the “both are true” issue.
Climbing out of the rabbit hole
docs.google.coman honest reflection from Yancey Strickler on stepping out of the crypto rabbit hole.