Kenny

My intent with "X as Code"3 was always to get knowledge out of people's heads and into a more inscribed system. Once inscribed, knowledge and process can be shared, versioned, iterated upon, etc

In thoughtful disagreement, your goal is not to convince the other party that you are right—it is to find out which view is true and decide what to do about it. In thoughtful disagreement, both parties are motivated by the genuine fear of missing important perspectives. Exchanges in which you really see what the other person is seeing and they real... See more

In the end, greatness is less a checklist than a delicate alignment of mindsets, methods, and morals. You begin with something half-seen and half-known, build with others who share your faith, wander widely before settling on a direction, learn by doing rather than by empty theorizing, protect nascent ideas from premature judgment, and persist with... See more

Principles are universal truths. They apply to everything, and thus, are useless in distinguishing who you are. You need to dig deeper and find what makes you you. You need to know your values. While principles are universal, values are personal.

A simple test is to formulate the opposing value. If your value is "Simplicity" then the opposing value ... See more