Working in technology means one thing above all else: chasing scale. There is a reason why much of the tech world is obsessed with growth. Free from physical constraints, digital systems can scale to an incomprehensible size. The appeal of conquering the engineering, design and business challenges of mega-scale is strong, the rewards immense. But u

Because if you don't know where the bullseye on the target is, you can't even throw the dart. You don't have to hit the bullseye, but you have to know the direction in which you want to shoot.

Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.

— Neil Strauss

HOW TO (actually) CHANGE YOUR LIFE THIS YEAR

People want to change their lives. They want to change their relationships, their bodies, their income, their brokerage accounts, their statuses, their homes. It’s so easy to identify what’s wrong on the outside and blame it for the feelings on the inside. Never is this so painfully clear as when the cale

“everything I touch turns into me"

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In parrhesia, the speaker uses his freedom and chooses frankness instead of persuasion, truth instead of falsehood or silence, the risk of death instead of life and security, criticism instead of flattery, and moral duty instead of self-interest and moral apathy

I'll be writing about the generalists taking over the world (from the specialists) in a future newsletter. But suffice to say, in todays world if you've learned to solve problems across different roles and industries you have a leg up. If you've been around you can cross-pollinate your skills and expertise from different fields into new insights. A

There was also a form of parrhesia devised to give a person the license to speak freely without fearing for his or her life. For example, to combat flattery received as a result of one’s status, granting parrhesia was a way for a person of consequence to learn the truth from someone in a subordinate position without this being considered insubordin