Pritesh

“You can attract luck simply by telling people what you are working on.”

The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. – A... See more

One reason Gen Z trusts influencers so much is that they feel like they actually know them. “Influencers feel like friends,” says Millie, a 16-year-old student from Leeds. “The more you see them, the more you trust them, even though they are technically strangers.” Their frequent posting schedule, sometimes 10-plus times a day, makes teenagers feel... See more

The weakest stories are those which the storyteller feels are entitled to be believed. No story deserves to be believed. Belief is won.

“You can’t change your past, but you can reframe it.

Find the lesson in it. Find the opportunity in it. Pull the teachable moment out of it and share with others.

You can’t choose your history, but you can choose the story you tell about it.”

True taste is less performative. It is a product doing exactly what you want it to do with minimal friction. It is a feeling of working with a system, rather than against it. It is intuitive but legible, familiar but anticipatory.

Birds are thinkers who look at the big picture and survey the landscape from a great height. Frogs are thinkers who love playing around in the mud of specific problems, delighting in finding gems and then polishing them so that they become part of the superstructure that birds survey.