Sarah Drinkwater

Here's a slide from a recent all-hands. 1B+ people live and work in either MSFT or Google suite (no real alternatives), and a sea of SaaS fragmentations (too rigid, too uncreative) The world needs a "LEGOs for software" and @NotionHQ is here to build that! 5/n... See more

In-group Cheems is the reflexive cynicism of advice-givers (whether that advice is solicited or otherwise) about someone’s dreams or ambitions.

Amsterdam was arguably “the world’s most liberal city”, to quote the subtitle of this well-told history by Russell Shorto, an American writer who lives in Amsterdam. Shorto argues that little Amsterdam “has influenced the modern world to a degree that perhaps no other city has”.

2. See how they treat service workers

People reveal their true natures when they deal with others who have no power and can never return a favor.

This is one of the most reliable indicators of trustworthiness that you will find. 

3. Discover what experiences formed their character in early life

4. How do they invest their two most valuable... See more

The rapid collapse of the mighty and opulent Mughal Empire in the early eighteenth century stands as almost an enigma of history, but perhaps what was even more improbable was its complete replacement not by a rival state, but by a European trading company a century later. William Dalrymple charts the disintegration of India into a state of civil... See more