Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
On the decidedly informal and amateur end (I use the term amateur lovingly and respectfully!)...I’d also say that the best content on the internet is created by people who have turned research into their leisure activity.
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
We call people who don’t possess the right credentials ‘amateurs,’ but the root of that word is from the Latin for love, and that’s its own kind of qualification. Arguably, that deep care and passion – which the Citizens I see everywhere have in spades – is the vital ingredient missing among those who have been left in charge.
Brian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
I believe the best way to describe this shift is as a shift from legible ambition to illegible ambition. The reason so many people cling to default metrics of success is that other people understand them. Legible ambition is a story that your parents can tell their friends. We fear that not having such legible ambition means we will be cast out of ... See more