Juan Orbea

An organization is some sort of association of individuals for common ends or who interact with one another in a patterned way.  For those who have studied corporate law, we know associations are of two main types: unincorporated and incorporated. 

Fission occurs when a neutron comes in contact with a larger nucleus (say, Uranium-235). After absorbing the neutron, U-235 turns into the violently unstable U-236 and immediately splits into two smaller nuclei, releasing a tremendous amount of energy. Additional neutrons are also released from the fission reaction, subsequently striking other... See more

I do already see a return of normalcy on the amount of time investors have to conduct due diligence and make sure there is not only a compelling business case but also good chemistry between the founders and investors.

- The concept of ‘micromarriages’ and ‘microbestfriendships’.

The smartest decision-makers don't go with their guts. Their success relies on having a future-oriented approach and the ability to consider all their options in a creative, productive way.

Feral Type – its niche is narrative and society. Narrative becomes reality. This gives rise to 2 failure conditions: 1) delusion (which is an identification with an ideology that takes the story as actually being reality) and 2) deception (the perception of society being first and foremost a hierarchy/conflict between domesticated people).

Where “snacking” is the broad category of doing easy and low-impact work, there’s a particularly seductive subset of snacking that I call “preening.” Preening is doing low-impact, high-visibility work.

Without rubber and another kind of tree resin called gutta-percha, it would not have been possible to wire the world. Early telegraph lines were just naked conductors strung from pole to pole, but this worked poorly, especially in wet conditions, so some kind of flexible but durable insulation was needed. After much trial and error, rubber became... See more