Squirrel

I KNOW that the most important thing to do when you’re launching a brand is to explain to people why the f*ck they should care. Why do you exist? Why are you different?

And yet the thing I used to do for other companies in my sleep is what currently keeps me up at night.

Sublime continues to be my nebulous life project. Part web clipper, part PKM,... See more

Never Know When It Might Come in Useful

Nasrudin sometimes took people for trips in his boat. One day a fussy pedagogue hired him to ferry him across a very wide river.

As soon as they were afloat, the scholar asked whether it was going to be rough.

“Don’t ask me nothing about it,” said Nasrudin.

“Have you never studied grammar?”

“No,” said the... See more

“What we know to be true is the health system needs a company like UnitedHealth Group,” Witty said.

“We guard against the pressures that exist for unsafe or unnecessary care to be delivered, in a way that makes the whole system too complex and ultimately unsustainable,” he continued. “I have never been more proud of what this company and our... See more

At stake is not just the future of a 240 year old newspaper, The Observer, the Sunday sister of the Guardian, it’s also the integrity and values of the Guardian and the future media landscape of a fractured and dangerous world.

I’ve always believed what I was told, that the Guardian was different to other news organisations. It’s owned, not by a... See more

Whether it refers to people, places, or societies, liminality provides a playground for transformation, a game with no rules we’re all invited to join, a sandbox for liminal creativity.

Humans are a story-telling species. The stories we tell ourselves and each other guide how we live in and relate to the world. They are the social technology through which we make sense of the world and give meaning to our lived experiences. Like the mycelium that runs below our feet, stories are everywhere, threading and reshaping our reality,... See more

Our brains are inundated with information daily. To manage this overload, the brain has developed mechanisms to filter and prioritize information. One such mechanism is its preference for narratives. When information is presented as a story, complete with characters, challenges, and resolutions, our brains are more likely to engage with and retain... See more