rob hardy

Resisted grief feels panicked and desperate - like you absolutely *must* find a way to stay moving to escape an unwanted reality. Accepted grief feels somber but true - like you might not like where you're standing, but your feet are on the ground. And that ground is a resource.

all the above “tools”, including (i) shared culture (ii) contract law (iii) markets and (iv) TTPs should all fall under the moniker of “trust infrastructure”. It’s just that in the case of contract law, markets and TTPs, these tools build trustless relationships that make human cooperation scalable beyond our local communities.

A company is a cathedral built to shelter an idea that might be true.

Religion is a particularly scalable form of culture, which was arguably the thing thatmade it possible to interact and transact with (i.e. trust) other people far beyond your local community. When you can presuppose that a stranger shares your basic understanding of the world and a foundational moral code, trust is much easier.

I love the quote from author Kent Nerburn that, “Debt defines your future, and when your future is defined, hope begins to die.

Whatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working

conversations are coordination games but with social capital. if neither person is willing to risk any status loss by showing their cards, you end up in an awkward small talk deadlock that's most always worse for both parties