<n>The Ryokan</n>, a conceptual 3D rendering in Kyoto by <n>Charlotte Taylor</n> and <n>Studio Castay</n>.

People don't want to use your software.

They want to lose weight, laugh, be entertained, get smarter, spend time with loved ones, go home on time, sleep adequately, eat good food, be happy.

Your product is only as good as the experiences it enables people to have.

Find the medium to extract your maximum value.

Write 
Draw
Code
Talk
Film
Sing
Dance
Joke
Play

The 20th century is ending.

- Offices ⭢ remote work
- NFL, NBA ⭢ esports
- Movie theaters ⭢ streaming
- TV news ⭢ YouTube stars
- College ⭢ ISAs, MOOCs
- K-12 ⭢ internet homeschooling
- Corporate journalism ⭢ citizen journalism
- EU/EEC ⭢ 27 sovereign states

A time-lapse of the slime mold <n>Physarum polycephalum</n> from the <n>Wyss Institute at Harvard University</n>.

An excerpt from <n>Gary Provost</n>'s 1985 book, <n>100 Ways to Improve Your Writing</n>.

Complexity happens by default.
Simplicity happens by design.

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” —Teilhard de Chagrin

Two fields everyone has to learn about even if you're not interested in them because they are interested in you and will impact your life in huge ways: health and money.

The idea that anything is possible if you work hard enough is unfortunately a very dangerous delusion.

Life is more random than it seems, and favorable outcomes are more often attributable to making good bets rather than a good work ethic. Don’t sacrifice more than it’s worth.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

i've always felt that effective people realize life is a video game—whereas everyone else sits back and acts like life is a movie