Julian Paul
@julian
Rational optimist building internet things.
Julian Paul
julianpaul.me
‘Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.’
The New World: Joshua Kushner, Thrive Capital, and the American dream
A great story about simplicity from Akio Morita, the instigator of the Walkman project at Sony:
Engineers had the technology to add the recording function to the Walkman and it would’ve cost only 50 cents to a dollar per unit. Morita decided against it. He wanted the device to have one function, which it performs very well. Walkman should only play
“One of the reasons the tech industry is so creatively bankrupt is that people just focus on attributes you can measure,” said Jony Ive, when told of the insecurity Kushner had confided to Rick Rubin. “I was very lucky at Apple, because Steve [Jobs] showed me there was a way to articulate things like sensibility, intuition, taste, which all start... See more
The New World: Joshua Kushner, Thrive Capital, and the American dream
“Small minds discuss people, good minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas.” - Denzel Washington
“Find a way to be ok with your worst case scenario - if you can truly do that - you will always have the upper hand in negotiations. You cannot lose when you have nothing to lose. People can feel that.” — Zayd Ali
THIS chart is the CLEAREST signal of where the internet is heading. Brainrot is OUT. social media time is SHRINKING for the first time in HISTORY, and young people are...
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“If you inherently long for something, become it first. If you want gardens, become the gardener. If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint. If you want to be valued, respect your own time. If you want to live... See more