rob hardy

high self awareness is a burden when you’re using it to find things in yourself to criticize & repress

high self awareness is a gift when you’re using to find things in yourself to love & amplify

When we mistake spreading ideas for taking real action, we overlook a crucial asymmetry: ideas and actions distribute their consequences wildly differently across time and space.

A stupid idea—one that seduces with utopian dreams—can viralize for months or years, infiltrating millions of minds long before it ever collides with reality through... See more

“Trust but verify” is code for “ya I don’t trust you at all”

Best practices are rarely the best — they're mostly just cargo cult common practices.

And as more people adopt them, the more mediocre they become.

The best is usually what most people aren't willing to do.

i cannot overstate how big the difference is between

a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and

b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps

Excellence emerges from intimacy with imperfection

Not to burn with a desire to behold the beloved is not to be alive.