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“May synthesizing minds thrive.” — Howard Gardner

I mentioned that implicit conviction “comes from something deeper than the cause and effect we perceive in the unfolding of events.” What exactly is this deeper -something? My first attempt to answer this question happened spontaneously, over a decade ago: “Some companies have a soul,” I found myself saying to a friend over lunch, “others are just... See more

Elsewhere in Kyoto is another shinise company that isn’t nearly as old as Tsuen Tea, but much larger: the video game company Nintendo. It’s known across the globe for the way it revolutionised at-home entertainment with its electronic gaming system back in 1985.

But most people don’t know that the company predates its massive global commercial... See more

This isn’t to say money isn’t useful. It helps to be able to standardize the exchange value of things as opposed to bartering and constantly negotiating the equivalence of goods and services. In this way, money is a relational tool, an incredibly powerful piece of communication that tells you how much one thing is valued within a certain context.... See more

5:12 - FOMO isn't just "fear of missing out" on information; it's fear of missing out on existence itself. YOLO isn't "you only live once" it's you might never live again.

More beauty and craft,

less factory line

More weird and rebellious,

less safe and derivative

More really hard inspired work,

less status games

More authentic expression of self,

less patagonia vest