Sam Liebeskind

I think our competitive aim is always been... This is going to sound like very basic but it’s true. It’s just we do what we say we’re going to do when we say we’re going to do it. We just try to practice extreme reliability. And it’s an accruing advantage because the more people know that you’ll do what you say you’re going to do, you’re going to t... See more

“You’re not selling… you’re constructing an argument” Lovely analysis of the Guardian’s donation ads from @GoodMarketingHQ

The difference between schools and libraries

From John Taylor Gatto’s The Underground History of American Education (via Austin Kleon):

To begin with, libraries are usually comfortable, clean, and quiet. They are orderly places where you can actually read instead of just pretending to read.

For some reason libraries are never age-segregated, nor do t

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Wrote up some thoughts on structures and tactics for gathering people together in low-stress, high-payoff ways. Learned some of these lessons the hard way. Picked up others by being part of beautifully designed events with thoughtful hosts. https://maggieappleton.com/gathering-structures... See more

Opinion: "Without leaders who, through their example and decisions, safeguard our norms and celebrate them and affirm them and reinforce them, the words on paper — the Bill of Rights, the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence — will never unite us.”"