if we play our cards right

i think you’re at a steep advantage as the future of software and computers evolve if you’re innately creative and design oriented the ability to evoke simplicity, abstract away complexity, and make things feel more human will be highly sought after

numbers are beautiful

Non-neuronal cells look increasingly like neurons, with the same memory pathways. Meaning that nutritionists are confused for the same reason neuroscientists usually are: your body is a mathematical black-box, with its output your morphology. theintrinsicperspective.com/p/your-body-th…

Shame and guilt are two of the lowest energy states for a human being to operate in. There’s a reason why they are so heavily weaponized in politics.

2023: serendipity 2024: paradigm shift 2025: synchronicity

We gotta talk about Van Gogh the writer

i don't think we appreciate enough what a privilege it is to work hard doing what you love. if you have the means to do so, why wouldn't you? for the lucky few who fall in this camp, perhaps only a generation ago, their parents had to work hard simply to survive.

when we reject the vicissitudes of the past, we wear invisible chains. staring into the abyss is paradoxically a way of liberation

storytelling is the ultimate compression algorithm for human attention. everything else, data, logic, tech feeds into it, but if you can’t wrap it in a compelling narrative, nobody will give a shit. people think they make decisions based on facts, but they’re mostly responding to

what 'you can just do things' actually means: stop waiting for permission. no one's gonna magically notice your talent and hand you an opportunity. believe in your vision, and take action. f* and find out. move first, learn later.

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Life becomes a lot more awesome and less awful when you realize that everything that everyone says is right, in some context. The only mystery is: in which context?

iteration speed is a superpower