Peter Drucker «would keep pressing me to focus and feed the breadwinners of tomorrow and abandon yesterday’s heroes… In Drucker’s words, “The corpse doesn’t smell any better the longer you keep it around.”» —Bill Pollard doi.org/10.1002/ltl.389

« To read deeply is to insist that some things, wisdom, empathy, the expansion of human understanding, cannot be optimised, only experienced. »

vasodilation #WordOfTheDay “the medical term for when blood vessels in your body widen, allowing more blood to flow through them and lowering your blood pressure.” my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disease…

Josek Wosek tweeter Dudes Posting Their W’s Giraffes cannot receive radio signals with their ossicones. Ossicones are bony structures covered in skin, used for combat or possibly thermoregulation, not conductive materials like antennas. Radio signals require metal or similar conductors to be received, which ossicones lack.

Population per capita across U.S. states

"You’re going to die one day, and none of this is going to matter. So enjoy yourself. Do something positive. Project some love. Make someone happy. Laugh a little bit. Appreciate the moment. And do your work." Naval

“Alas, I must forgo this gathering, for fate wills it so.”

craquelure #WordOfTheDay #art “The craquelure on a painting is the network, or pattern, of cracks that develops across the surface as the paint layers age and shrink.” nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glos…

“I have a great respect for the semicolon; it’s a very useful little chap.” — Abraham Lincoln smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cou… #writing

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Hazing #WordOfTheDay a process designed to scare animals away and instill in them a fear of humans wildlife.ca.gov/language/en%20…

agentic #WordOfTheDay having agency; able to make independent decisions in pursuit of a goal. en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/agentic

lately when I meet new people, I ask them what their hobbies are instead of what they do for work, and let me tell you, the conversations have been absolutely top tier!

Andrew Everett Great word. I wrote a whole book about Agency! amazon.com/dp/1599475839/

Plain Meaning Rule #TermOfTheDay "A legislation that states that if the obvious meaning of any document cannot be contested, then it must be accepted as it is." thelawdictionary.org/plain-meaning-… #contract #law

"An antilibrary is a collection of books that are owned but have not yet been read... Taleb argued that such collections of books make people more humble and curious... Taleb additionally referred to people interested in antilibraries as antischolars." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilibra…

“I am not a human resource. Banish the term ‘H.R.’ ... DSCPHOSCPFGPMWLBB – Department of Seriously Cool People Helping Other Seriously Cool People Flourish and Grow and Prosper and Make the World a Little Bit Better.” thekeypoint.org/2021/09/14/exc…

.⁦Andrew Everett⁩ I really liked this HBR anthology on curiosity when it came out, and am pleased that The Key Point is amplifying its reach. thekeypoint.org/2025/07/06/cur…

Flotsam: “debris in the water that was not deliberately thrown overboard, often as a result from a shipwreck” Jetsam: “debris that was deliberately thrown overboard by a crew of a ship in distress, most often to lighten the ship's load.” oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/flotsam-…