Work, craft, building

It’s not that most people can’t make heavy things. It’s that they don’t notice they aren’t. Lightness has its virtues—it pulls us in, subtly, innocently, whispering, ' Just do things .' The machine rewards movement, so we keep going, collecting badges. One day, we look up and realize we’ve been running in place.

And then you feel it: a quiet,... See more

At any given time, you’re either pre–heavy thing or post–heavy thing . You’ve either made something weighty already, or you haven’t. Pre–heavy thing people are still searching, experimenting, iterating. Post–heavy thing people have crossed the threshold. They’ve made something of substance—something that commands respect, inspires others, and... See more

Light things shape culture, but rarely shape us.

Creation isn’t just about output. It’s a process of becoming. The best work shapes the maker as much as the audience. A founder builds a startup to prove they can. A writer wrestles an idea into clarity. You don’t just create heavy things. You become someone who can.

The output matters, but the intention, the struggle, the care is what makes it count — what gives it weight.

We create more than ever, but it weighs nothing.

24) The world is in a constant state of decay. Reality keeps shifting, and everyone’s models drift out of date and out of calibration. That is why there will always be room for the young, the hungry, and the obsessed to make money. People are like exponential moving averages of their lives. Short windows catch new trends first, even if some of what... See more

21) Profitable trading implies a worldview that is more aligned with reality than that of the market’s dollar weighted average participant. But alignment in one market does not automatically translate into alignment in other markets. What carries over are the meta skills in recognizing and monetizing edges, understanding adverse selection, and... See more

18) Trading is a zero sum game inside a larger positive sum game. Though every trade has a winner and offsetting losers, markets as a whole direct resources across space and time and help civilizations grow. The emergent objective of complex systems is usually only visible in hindsight. If you get too cynical about the uselessness of what you do,... See more

16) Only the paranoid survive. Panic early. Always have an exit plan. Avoid deep drawdowns. Have humility and leave room for unknown unknowns. Be aware when you are selling tails. Stay liquid. Respect counterparty risk. Respect path dependence.