Daniel Wentsch
- Epic post on how Nike lost $25B in a day by trying to make everything data-driven: "Nike invested billions into something that was less effective but easier to measure vs something that was more effective but less easy to measure. In conclusion: an impressive waste of money." https://t.co/YyLH98B0eH
- Treat your body like a house you have to live in for another 70 years.
- current development of this app: yume (dream journal). a thread. https://t.co/ip81Ryrn4r
- Travel as much as you can. Collect one token from every trip to remember it by.
- Tell your partner you love them every night before falling asleep. Someday you’ll find the other side of the bed empty and wish you could.
- Never let a good friendship atrophy. Send the text, make the call, plan the trip. Good friendships must be treasured.
- Taking no risk is the biggest risk you can take. Regret from inaction is always more painful than regret from action.
- The kids are joining running clubs, buying “dumb” phones, woodworking, rocking Walkmans, joining supper clubs, etc because their lives have been swallowed by digital black boxes, and in this moment of uncertainty (tension re: war, AI, climate), they crave tangibility. It’s simple
- “What makes life worth living? No child asks itself that question. To children, life is self-evident. Life goes without saying: whether it is good or bad makes no difference. This is because children don’t see the world, don’t observe the world, don’t contemplate the world, but are so deeply immersed in the world that they don’t distinguish between... See more
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