C.S. Lewis on reading the originals
I love this thought from Lewis, and I’ve found it to be both true and hugely rewarding whenever I’ve acted upon it. There is a… Read More »C.S. Lewis on reading the originals
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Matt Ridley: 15 principles of innovation from “How Innovation Works”
Note: these are a series of excerpts from a longer discussion – link below. I think it [Innovation] is the most important thing that happens… Read More »Matt Ridley: 15 principles of innovation from “How Innovation Works”
Orders of magnitude / next size up
There are lots of things that are easy enough to do once. Doing the same thing a second time can be almost as big a… Read More »Orders of magnitude / next size up
Extending books: Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen on Timeful Texts
Picking up Tuesday’s post about transactional reading and contemplation, here’s something interesting that goes a little further in thinking about how we might immerse ourselves… Read More »Extending books: Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen on Timeful Texts
Misreading the mind: Ezra Klein and Nicholas Carr on transactional reading and contemplation
Ezra Klein: If you can get the argument of a book – through book reviews or book essays or a Wikipedia page or something –… Read More »Misreading the mind: Ezra Klein and Nicholas Carr on transactional reading and contemplation
Matt Ridley: invention vs innovation
[Public service announcement for email subscribers: sorry for the unfinished post you may have received out of the weekend – I was having issues with… Read More »Matt Ridley: invention vs innovation
DC goes exponential
Not really. But we did fly past six-thousand views in early June thanks to Tyler Cowen re-tweeting a link to this post about reading. The… Read More »DC goes exponential
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
By invitation and by necessity
I think I should give the reason for my being in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the argument of “outsiders coming in.” …… Read More »By invitation and by necessity
Broker books
There are network effects between books / knowledge gained from books; Not all network connections are created equal; New books within your areas of experience… Read More »Broker books