rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
Woodworking is brutal. It's painfully slow to learn and very unforgiving. But the sheer act of jumping blindly into a new creative field as a novice really opened up my eyes. You'd be surprised how quickly designing a simple bench will lead you into existential questions about the nature of "sitting."
No More Boring Apps | !Boring Software
I think you can reduce 80 percent of culture wars to questions of economics—like a libertarian or a Marxist would—and then you can reduce maybe 80 percent of economic questions to questions of real estate.
man's capacity for good makes markets possible; man's propensity for evil makes markets necessary.
nihilism disrespecterx.comGrowth mindset is just replying to yourself with “skill issue” every time something goes wrong
Emmett Shear • Tweet
A lot of companies treat writing like marketing, or some kind of surface layer.
They should think of it like infrastructure: an investment in alignment, in collective memory, in speed.
When you take time to write it down, it's not “making content.” You're figuring out the operating system.
Adam Delx.com
1. Manifestos usually include a list of numbered tenets.
The format has been de rigeur since at least as far back as The Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789). It conveys a sense of urgency and straight talk. This is also why manifestos feel so contemporary: their close resemblance to click-bait top 10 lists.
Julian Hanna • The 10 Things All Great Manifestos Need
A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself. Until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.