David Pennington
@dtpennington
I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
dtpennington.com
"Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden."
- Voltaire
- Voltaire
South Africa, MLB Leaderboards, and Return of the Pandas
What we want in 2025
Yancey Strickler • What we want in 2025
Some people say that if you do what you love at work, you never work a day in your life. I would argue that, at least under a capitalist system, if you do what you love at work, what you love could eventually become what you hate. That is why capitalism kills creativity.
Why I Don't Make Art For a Living: How Capitalism Kills Creativity - Nadya Primak
The people we traditionally consider to be smartest are those best at some sort of a general math / reasoning ability.
This is not what genius is.
This is not what genius is.
Alexey Guzey • Intelligence killed genius - Alexey Guzey
the belief that you can do anything, including things you are blatantly not qualified for or straight up lying about— should be pathologized. It has many names (Dunning-Krueger, illusory superiority), but I suggest we call it blowhard syndrome as a neat parallel.
Stop Blowhard Syndrome
Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others.
-OH, on building teams and brand communities
It blows me away that I work for myself and yet I somehow I have to keep up with 3 calendars.
Five Ways to adjust your life to better survive these winter months.