Jay Matthews
@jaymatthews
Aspiring corporate anthropologist, investment ecologist, & data psycho-analyst; Workaholic in remission
Jay Matthews
The learning cannot be isolated within a script. As Piaget says, ‘it touches everything’ (Gardner, 1982:352).
David Wright • Just a moment...
Neutralizing each other’s complexity affords us a kind of manageable otherness. We narrow down our partner, ignoring or rejecting essential parts when they threaten the established order of our coupledom. We also reduce ourselves, jettisoning large chunks of our personalities in the name of love
Esther Perel • Mating in Captivity
Metrics for success is a fascinating problem, because at the end of your day, you're planting seeds. And it'll take a decade or so for it to grow into its tree. We have these moments at Pioneer where we're not quite sure, are we successful or not? Companies have, at the end of the day, a very short-term feedback loop to chase, which is revenue,... See more
Daniel Gross • Finding Undiscovered Talent
We’re on a twenty-year loop: the time it takes for a new generation to be born, kick around for a while, and then settle into the rhythm of the spheres.
Sam Kriss • The internet is already over
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