sari

I met some of my heroes and some of them sucked; I attended events that were hollow and demented but looked fun online; I eventually realized the best parts of my life weren’t exclusive whatsoever but run-of-the-mill: a result not of being elevated above my peers (on a stage, say) but thrust among them (in the crowd). In time I came to see these po... See more

From a practical distance, achieving public success scanned to me as belonging, which is ironic, because what I’m talking about is actually separation: an elevation of my own standing above the crowd. This must be one of the most common misapprehensions about fame, while somehow also being the most cliché.

wrong, wrong, wrong it's not desire or motivation or willpower, but positive CONTEXTS that are scarce when you're in france you speak french, when you're in cambridge you go to class, when you're at a hackathon you code. we need to scale the right kinds of contexts to inculcate