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Through the colonial era, anyone who laughed at their dances and ceremonies would be killed and eaten.

I think the implication is that I can’t handle it. He has good reason to think so. My current day job involves reading books by the pool, making long lunches, and occasionally sending Slacks or emails. I have no experience working in kitchens. I hardly even have experience working outside of an easy, mostly remote media environment. The hardest... See more

The type of person I’m assuming we’re looking for here is 1) someone that you will find fascinating to talk to after you’ve talked for 20,000 hours, 2) you feel comfortable with them talking through the hardest and most painful decisions you will face in your life, and 3) the conversation is wildly generative for both of you, in that it brings you... See more

Life is good if it squishes nicely when you poke it.

Forcing the diffuse ideas and impressions in your head into a definite statement is an art form. You have to grab hold of what is floating and make it rigid and sharp. It can feel almost embarrassing, revealing your ignorance with as much vulnerability as possible.

Ideas can feel complete. It's only when you try to put them into words that you discover they're not. So if you never subject your ideas to that test, you'll not only never have fully formed ideas, but also never realize it