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“we carry ancient beaches in our

pockets, transformed into prediction engines, each grain calculating our next desire.”

On the importance of bodies

Touch brings us closer. Emotions can be communicated wordlessly through hugs, caresses, holding and being held. The language of touch can inspire deep connection between people and express more than words could ever say, would ever need to say — this is the space where eros comes alive, where we desire for others. To be... See more

How did Donella meadows navigate this spectrum? See her laws for system thinking

Gordon

The excerpt explores the contrast between two types of thinkers or philosophers—labeled as “prickly” and “gooey”—based on their approach to understanding and interpreting the world.

1. Philosophy vs. Science:

• The first part suggests that philosophy fills the

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What keeps you returning to architecture?

I’ve talked about architecture for a long time. I feel like it emerged out of questions I used to have — or answers I used to find — in the city. I used to want to write about the city all the time and a lot of my books take place in cities. Then I used to talk about the sentence as a city, as a space to... See more

Beauty in architecture

Beauty is one of the most enduring themes of Western philosophy, going all the way back to Vitruvius’ three laws of architecture: firmitas, utilitas, venustas (solidity, utility, beauty). But when I was in architecture school, no one talked about beauty in architecture because it was considered too subjective. What was... See more

@josiah566

2 years ago

Something that continues to impress me about him is that he never shies away from the bottom half to the keyboard. It's a place a lot of people (or just I) tend to avoid because it's easy to muddy and it's hard to hear the nice tensions you can create with closed voicings but Joey navigates it PERFECTLY. He redistributes... See more

One of the things I do around the edge of the portfolio is mess with the energy weight. Some of this is old habits — most of my option trading career was being active in oil and gas. But I also see energy as fundamental to the concept of inflation and inflation is the largest tax on investment returns. I actually see the core of our portfolio not... See more

Die Hard asks naive but powerful questions: If you have to get from A to B —that is, from the 31st floor to the lobby, or from the 26th floor to the roof—why not blast, carve, shoot, lockpick, and climb your way there, hitchhiking rides atop elevator cars and meandering through the labyrinthine, previously unexposed back-corridors of the built... See more