Laurence Chen
@laurencec
Generalist
Laurence Chen
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So if you have large-scale bureaucracies that need to be organized and function coherently, then you need these kind of simple, nuance-free packets of information. And I think that’s one of the reasons we’ve seen this constant rise of simplified metrical analysis.
New York Times • A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
Joseph Schillinger’s Reharmonization Dial (1940) and a Bit More (The Hum Blog) : https://t.co/vwwKk7uG3w... See more
“Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.”
―Miles Davis
The greatest power of games is that you can explore this landscape of different agencies. The greatest danger of games is that you can get sucked into this experience of just craving and wanting to be in a clear, crisp and gentle universe where you know exactly what to do and exactly how well it’s measured.
New York Times • A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
The game dialectic is electric!
Curate connect organize lead – Seth Godin
The tweet that can be retweeted is not the eternal kernel. Lather, rinse, retweet. This too is panicky. [Twitter tagline, Laurence Chen]
Generalists thrive in early stage companies where it’s small and people are nimble. There’s much more opportunity for the generalist. –Britt Gage
If you do everything I ask, you get a C.
If you want a better grade, do more.
–Hilary’s Teacher