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If I look at things that have turned out well in my life—my relationship, some of my essays, my current career—the "design process" has followed the same pattern. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an "unfolding."

If I look at things that have not turned out as well—my education, the books I've written and hidden on a hard drive in our at... See more

pro-tip: you can get through most conversations by just saying "whoa" at the right interval

“I’m not telling you to make the world better I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it."

—Joan Didion

Gurwinder

4h

“Social media makes more sense when you view it as a place people go to perform rather than a place to communicate.”

— Morgan Housel

On FIRE: I realized that I actually don’t want to retire early. What I’m more interested in is to retire often.

AJ Tibando

1d

When I started writing, my sister gave me this advice:

“Don’t tell people what to think, why it matters or what they should do about it - just tell them your story. Talk about what you learned but don’t tell them what they should learn. They’ll either learn it by listening or aren’t interested in learning. And if they’re not interested, ... See more

“to do things right, first you need love, then technique.”

Algorithms, by their very nature, assume and assure that you would like your future to be like your past.