Cohort (2): Seth Godin on peers and practice
Cultural standards and normalisation have enormous power over whether we choose a practice and how we find the guts to commit to our work. Bob… Read More »Cohort (2): Seth Godin on peers and practice
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The parent of prosperity
Innovation is the child of freedom and the parent of prosperity. Matt Ridley – How Innovation Works I finished this in audiobook form today. Highly… Read More »The parent of prosperity
“Led by pleasure and wonder”: Dana Gioia on creating a new generation of readers
You can’t force young people into literature. They need to be led by pleasure and wonder. Creating a new generation of readers is important. When… Read More »“Led by pleasure and wonder”: Dana Gioia on creating a new generation of readers
Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
Children’s books today do still have a ghost of their educative beginnings, but what they are trying to teach us has changed. Children’s novels, to… Read More »Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
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If you find it hard to give up on a book without a guilty conscience – a sense that you’ve wasted something, neglected a duty,… Read More »Page 37
Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
… with very few exceptions, man-made technologies evolve from previous man-made technologies and are not invented from scratch. This is a key characteristic with evolutionary… Read More »Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
Strategy (3): Strategy is about the big picture (relatively)
This is the third post in a series – start here. Definition of Strategy (as a skill or activity): Strategy is the dynamic process of… Read More »Strategy (3): Strategy is about the big picture (relatively)
Schopenhauer on reading yourself stupid
Schopenhauer had quite a lot to say about reading. He liked good books, but was highly skeptical of most books, and especially of contemporary ones.… Read More »Schopenhauer on reading yourself stupid
More on old books: Mortimer Adler on permanent literature
The faster things change, the more important our reference points if we want to avoid motion sickness. The great books are always contemporary. In contrast,… Read More »More on old books: Mortimer Adler on permanent literature
C.S. Lewis on reading old books
Here’s more from C.S. Lewis on reading old books – this time highlighting their virtues as lenses for helping us to spot and evaluate the… Read More »C.S. Lewis on reading old books