Jake
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writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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The mathematical genius Alexander Grothendieck once had a metaphor for solving problems. He suggested that instead of forcing open an impossibly hard kernel with a hammer and chisel, one should simply let it sit in water and wait. Over time, the shell softens and opens with ease. This is also true in writing; time is the only non-substitutable... See more
Epiphanies Come From Waiting
"When did you last read a book of poetry or take time, of an afternoon, for an essay or two?" - Ray Bradbury
“The best protection is always to be working on hard problems. Writing novels is hard. Reading novels isn’t. Hard means worry: if you’re not worrying that something you’re making will come out badly, or that you won’t be able to understand something you’re studying, then it isn’t hard enough. There has to be suspense”
polymathematics • Article
You should find the candidate confusing at times. If you first see their dysfunction, you should know you have yet to find their genius, and vice versa.