rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
My friends and I founded a university over the summer and...it's going great?! And it's been surprisingly painless to start and run?!
It's a "network university," which is our fancy term for a new type of social institution: one that transforms an existing network into a social commons where ppl can learn, do research, and create groundbreaking... See more
It's a "network university," which is our fancy term for a new type of social institution: one that transforms an existing network into a social commons where ppl can learn, do research, and create groundbreaking... See more
Tyler Alterman • Tweet
The unspoken contract of a workshop is this: the audience grants you temporary control of their attention (and actions) in the belief that you will transmute it into something new and valuable. If you violate this contract by asking too much before returning sufficient value, then they grow suspicious of your authority, their goodwill evaporates,
... See moreDevin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
“I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.”
- Lee Kuan Yew, 2013
- Lee Kuan Yew, 2013
Anjney Midha • Tweet
on leadership and
“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
Robert Maurer • One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way
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
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
Matthew Pirkowski • Tweet
Politics and
"What most of us are waiting for is someone else to really think you’re okay with all your warts, just the way you are." - Charlotte Joko Beck
Sara Campbell on Substack
Intelligence is a form of friendship with the world. It can’t be cultivated out of fear of it.