Plato on ageing well
I love this little riff from the start of Plato’s fascinating-but-politically-iffy* Republic: We went with Polemarchus to his house; and there we found his brothers… Read More »Plato on ageing well
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People stuff
It helps if you… Have a track record with someone Share goals Have a similar work ethic Have enough experience to have some perspective Are… Read More »People stuff
In it to win it (2): OK Go on the sandbox theory of how to find a wonderful idea
This may seem to you like testing, but it really isn’t, because at this point we don’t yet know what our idea is: we don’t… Read More »In it to win it (2): OK Go on the sandbox theory of how to find a wonderful idea
A somewhat reassuring thought
When your wariness about the future tips over into anxiety, when the world is not turning not only upside down but also inside out, and… Read More »A somewhat reassuring thought
Operationalising culture
It’s important to think and talk about your values – to know what’s important to you, why you do what you do, and how you… Read More »Operationalising culture
Efosa Ojomo on market-creating innovation and overcoming barriers to consumption
This is a powerful lens for thinking about how to unlock possibilities and bring about change, drawing on the work of Clayton Christensen. Market creating… Read More »Efosa Ojomo on market-creating innovation and overcoming barriers to consumption
Tyler Cowen on reading fast, reading well, and reading widely
This is a great riff on how reading works and on the network effects of reading. Links below. Tyler says: … I go through five… Read More »Tyler Cowen on reading fast, reading well, and reading widely
A better world if
If on your way to making big, difficult changes to make the world better in future you repeatedly fail to do the small, mildly inconvenient… Read More »A better world if
Ben Dreyer on Good Writing and the Nonrules of English
Here’s rather a long extract – one I heartily agree with – to wet your whistle. Then go and get the book. I have nothing… Read More »Ben Dreyer on Good Writing and the Nonrules of English
Who says?
Does it matter who says it? Science says: “It doesn’t matter who said it. What matters is the evidence and the reasoning.” Science is the… Read More »Who says?