Jonathan Quaade
@jonathanquaade
Jonathan Quaade
Research requires commitment to evidence, broadly defined. In the sciences, this might involve running experiments and quantitatively analyzing the results; in the humanities, this might involve translating or transcribing primary sources and qualitatively interrogating them. (But this is oversimplifying things: the “sciences” and the “humanities”
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questions are the guide to life
Why did I want to join a startup to figure out if all the things I had learnt actually worked? I wanted evidence for my research. The only way to find the answer was to join a startup
outlined my daily journalling practice for a 1-1 client i’m working with who wants to cultivate an intentional, practical way to connect with self. the tldr is: i clear out my dreams + late night thoughts, outline critical tasks for the day, and let a stream of consciousness flow https://t.co/4Bzz20yFnY
Young people look at so many of the status games of older folks—what brand of car is parked in your garage, what neighborhood can you afford to live in, how many levels below CEO are you in your org—and then look at apps like Vine and Musical.ly, and they choose the only real viable and thus optimal path before them. Remember the second tenet:
... See moreRemains of the Day • Status as a Service
when we expand a technology we expand it towards both the divine and the profane. But it is up to us to both define that which is divine/profane — instead of a broad acceptance of the profane as “just another use case that we can’t avoid”.
Reggie James • The Fall of Man
e says the biggest mistake an investor can make is to sell a stock that goes on to rise tenfold not from owning something into bankruptcy but that's what everyone thinks at least judging by the questions that we get from our clients we got questions about our holding in Northwest Airlines rather than the sale of Apple earlier this year but selling
... See moreFounders Podcast • #365 Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters
"spend all your time on your single best idea" and people's biggest mistakes
My big mistake was not holding Amyris so bankrupcy.
It was selling Palantir when I knew it was a guaranteed success and holding it
It might have been buying more in Oscar instead of buying more in Lemonade and Hims
Bryce Roberts describing Soleio:
The "culture of Soleio” seems to contain a bunch of contradictions — care for craft with an obsession for speed. A clearly massive ambition coupled with a desire to be a “trim boat” that can be lean and focused.