Jay Matthews
@jaymatthews
Aspiring corporate anthropologist, investment ecologist, & data psycho-analyst; Workaholic in remission
Jay Matthews
The march of the world is leading toward collectivity
Joan Miro • I Work Like a Gardener
energy same, details different (venn diagram)
1. playfulness: guard down, not protected, light-hearted
2. connection: shared experience, another person involved
3. flow: engaged and focused, lose track of time, in the zone
Catherine Price • Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
More often it is the defensive, counterfeit form of that pursuit: an exercise in going through the motions of “pursuing excellence” in order to escape the guilt and anxiety imposed by our inner drill sergean t, or simply to numb the uncomfortable awareness of lacking a genuine ideal.
Gena Gorlin • The quest for psychological perfection
502 Bad Gateway
unicornnext.io
Soon most leading firms will employ quantitative evaluations because they need to be competitive. There is an increased demand for alpha in private markets and richer data available.
Katelyn Donnelly • Quant comes to Venture Capital
“Most people, if they do something that they feel is important, they want to keep at it, to maintain ownership. When I have an idea that’s successful and popular, that to me is a signal that my work is done. My style is to try to do something important and then abandon it and do something else.”
Gabriel Popkin • The Universe According to Frank Wilczek - John Templeton Foundation
on erotic intelligence
At first, I just thought — I understood it intuitively, but really, there was nothing substantive and scientific behind it. I did understand that animals have sex. It is the instinct. It is the base. But
we have an erotic mind. And that erotic mind, it is infinite. And eroticism thrives on the ritual and the celebration... See more
The On Being Project • Esther Perel — The Erotic Is an Antidote to Death
The stress of safety, poverty, and loss stops us from seeing and feeling, it leaves us alienated from ourselves and the world. The four levels of alienation mentioned in this talk are alienation from : 1. Our work, 2. Others, 3. Nature, 4. Ourselves.