Jay Matthews
@jaymatthews
Aspiring corporate anthropologist, investment ecologist, & data psycho-analyst; Workaholic in remission
Jay Matthews
“To her, every book was an account of her own life, and in reading she came to life; for the first time, she came out of her shell; she learned to talk about herself; and with each book she had more ideas on the subject. Little by little, I learned something about her.”
ECW Press • A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
One cold email can completely change your life.
Here’s how to write a great one:
Sahil Bloomtwitter.comAdulting and
And there’s a lot of positive evidence. It’s not that there’s some metaphysical concept of beauty that rules the world — beauty is a human experience. It’s something that has to do with how humans react to the world and perceive the world. And it’s notoriously thought to be subjective, but it’s not entirely subjective. There’s a very rich history... See more
On Being • Beauty as a Compass for Truth
Science and
On anxiety or curiosity as responses to a partner's 'other'-ness
I mean, faced with the unknown of our partners, we can either be anxious — and this is true with the unknown of life. We can be anxious, we can want to close the gap, we can want to seek the familiar in that space, or we can leave that space open and respond
to it with curiosity. And
... See moreThe On Being Project • Esther Perel — The Erotic Is an Antidote to Death
There is so much to do. so, do the things that make you feel good.
Kurzgesagt • Optimistic Nihilism
10 lessons from the past year
- There has to be value: product market fit, there must be fundamental value for users
- Web3 and crypto are not consumer friendly: people want problems addressed regardless of labels or terminology — " Crypto will scale when the technology becomes the invisible enabler of what consumer actually care about "
- Incentive
Katelyn Donnelly • Web3: It's all still happening!
Fun is a feeling, not an activity, there's an element of serendipity: easy to recognise (illuminated from within)
- visceral sense of lightne
ss and joy (radiant)
Catherine Price • Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
Planning is sacred, plans are not