Gus Guerrero
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Gus Guerrero
"The stronger [the] identity, the more it imprisons, the more it resists expansion, interpretation, renewal, contradiction."
Agalia • how are you talking about yourself today?
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas in Generic City
The untethered – people without a strong connection to an ecology and community – lack a shared past and see little value in working towards a shared future.
“Becoming a person of place makes long-term investments desirable, because the future becomes more valuable to you. Those who have committed to a place, an ecosystem, a community, feel those as... See more
“Becoming a person of place makes long-term investments desirable, because the future becomes more valuable to you. Those who have committed to a place, an ecosystem, a community, feel those as... See more
An implicit ending makes it difficult to fully give one’s heart to another, and yet, even in its finiteness, time cannot limit or end love.
Morgan Ome • Expiration Dates
Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen (2016) put it even more concisely:
Theories then, are ideas about how things work - about causality and how to create change. And those who dismiss theory dismiss the practical application and power of ideas.
“A theory is a statement of causality. It’s a statement of what causes what and why.”
Theories then, are ideas about how things work - about causality and how to create change. And those who dismiss theory dismiss the practical application and power of ideas.
Strategy, Rediscovered? — Martin Weigel
Gifting Guide | Are.na Editorial
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he can write about anything he wants, but this freedom feels like a prison. “The less free I am, the freer I appear to be,” he tells the reader, in one of the book’s many takedowns of the creative life.
“Books are for reading. As straightforward as that may sound, books are still usually promoted with images of pristine books waiting to be read. Being a writer myself, the sight of my own unread books is somewhat unbearable. I prefer those copies that have been read and read to the point that they are almost falling apart. That have earmarks,
... See morewhat if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
Erin Glasstwitter.com