What do they got?
A big team, lots of money, a strong brand, seemingly unlimited resources, panache, reputation, all that. They’re established.
They’re your competitors.
You want to look away, but you see them everywhere. Their ads on your social, their name in the media, your
Still just absolutely blowing my mind that the CEO of Quora (😂😂😂) tried to execute a stupendous Machiavellian gambit… Live by the sword, die by the sword…
Too many people are hiding behind “you can’t say if an artwork is good or bad, it’s all very subjective”
And while that is true, you can make an objective observation about wether a work is successful or not within its own concept
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Sociologists bemoaned the death of the third place in American Life. Then companies shifted to remote work, and we got rid of second places. We just live in our first and only places now, in our sweat pants.
The greatest White Pill is this - that we are the inheritors of humanities sum total of past perseverance, toil, innovation and aspiration. Every generation of farmers, scientists, statesmen and soldiers, their life's work and sacrifice, are right here alongside us today,
Many people are extremely upset about last night's results, and others are ecstatic. These reactions make sense, but as a reminder that things don't always work out as expected, here's my favorite Taoist story.