Daniel Wentsch

The writer Zadie Smith puts it better than I ever could, describing having a child as a “strange admixture of terror, pain, and delight.” Smith, echoing the thoughts of everyone else who has seriously considered these issues, points out the risk of close attachments: “Isn’t it bad enough that the beloved, with whom you have experienced genuine joy,

I am only human, and in writing this book, I often found myself stuck. In previous books, that could mean a single sentence or paragraph would block hours of writing, as I used my frustration as an excuse to take a break and walk away until inspiration struck. With AI, that was no longer a problem. I would become a Cyborg and tell the AI: I am

When you have cultivated mindfulness, life becomes richer, more vivid, more satisfying, and you don’t take everything that happens so personally. Attention plays a more appropriate role within the greater context of a broad and powerful awareness. You’re fully present, happier, and at ease, because you’re not so easily caught up in the stories and

Auf meiner Seite roch es unter der Kuppel der Linden, die über den Zaun des Friedhofs wuchsen, durchsichtig süß. Und von den Kastanien am Straßenrand mischte sich ein Hauch vom Herbst hinein. Dass in allem Anfang immer schon ein Ende lag! Aber dieser dunkelgrün-bittere Geruch der Kastanienblätter machte die helle Süße der Lindenblüten noch

When you frame a decision as a bet, you're forced to explicitly acknowledge that you're operating under uncertainty. You have to assign some probability to different outcomes, however rough. You have to think about expected value rather than guaranteed results. My friend made a bet that had, let's say, a 70% chance of working out well and a 30%

This broke open a financing model that changes everything: Pay-As-You-Go .

Chapter 3: Turning Products Into Services: The PAYG Breakthrough

This is the unlock. This is the thing that makes everything else possible.

Here’s the model:

1. A company (Sun King, SunCulture) installs a solar system in your home




2. You pay ~$100 down




3. Then $40-65/month over 24-30

“People almost never actually look carefully at anything; they glance at it and then rely on their brain to fill in the details—which it doesn’t, leading to crummy drawing.” So I did as I was told, and looked long and hard at what I wanted to draw at that moment: a tree. I found that I noticed much more about its contours, colors, and shadows. I

We all navigate the strange territory between science and spirituality in our own way. The Woo Spectrum offers a map for this journey – not to judge where others stand, but to better understand your own path and have richer conversations along the way.