John Ngo

In a lot of cases we get the relationship between trust and vulnerability backward. Dan Coil wrote…

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:48:25 +1100

In a lot of cases we get the relationship between trust and vulnerability backward.

Dan Coil wrote about this brilliantly in the Culture Code. He said a lot of people think that in order to be more vulnerable you have to trust people.

But it goes more strongly the other way, that you have to show vulnerability in order for people to trust you, you have to disclose something about yourself. And a lot of us wait until we have trust and therefore it doesn’t happen.

We have these kind of professional, stilted conversations that don’t have any depth or humility.

— Adam Grant, Narcissist, Taker, or A**hole”, HBO Succession Podcast

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the…

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:39:50 +1100

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.”

— Bill Gates

“Most of our fears or anxieties about technology are best understood as fears or anxiety about how…

Wed, 19 May 2021 18:47:17 +1000

“Most of our fears or anxieties about technology are best understood as fears or anxiety about how capitalism will use our fears against us.”

— Ted Chiang, The Ezra Klein Show

“Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their inner demons.”

Mon, 17 May 2021 18:35:25 +1000

“Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their inner demons.”

— Denzel Washington

“When you view the world as a series of outputs, you form opinions. But when you view the world as a…

Thu, 06 May 2021 12:07:18 +1000

“When you view the world as a series of outputs, you form opinions. But when you view the world as a series of systems, you form strategies.”

— Channing Allen

“Writing is nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is.”

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:42:30 +1100

— Dick Guindon

The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at…

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:47:12 +1100

The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding, or better at explaining than doing.

— Nassim Taleb, Skin in the Game

Make reversible decisions quickly and irreversible ones deliberately.

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:58:57 +1100

Make reversible decisions quickly and irreversible ones deliberately.

Matt Mullenweg, The Knowledge Project, Collaboration is Key (Episode 100)

"Make others look good in front of the people they care about most."

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 20:50:39 +1000

“Make others look good in front of the people they care about most.”

- Shane Parrish, Brain Food Newsletter № 375

"Your anger is the part of you that knows your mistreatment and abuse are unacceptable. Your anger..."

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 07:52:52 +1000

“Your anger is the part of you that knows your mistreatment and abuse are unacceptable. Your anger knows you deserve to be treated well, and with kindness. Your anger is a part of you that LOVES you.”

- Lindsey Gallant’s Therapist

"Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that..."

Tue, 26 May 2020 20:54:41 +1000

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”

- Jamie Anderson

"Tout compreendre, c’est tout pardonner. (To understand all is to forgive all)"

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:37:45 +1100

“

Tout compreendre, c’est tout pardonner.

(To understand all is to forgive all)

”

- French Proverb

"The most notorious thing about every modern undertaking is the discrepancy between the immensity and..."

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 03:36:16 +1100

“The most notorious thing about every modern undertaking is the discrepancy between the immensity and complexity of the technical apparatus and the insignificance of the final product.”

- Nicolás Gómez Dávila

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities"

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:08:49 +1100

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities”

- Voltaire, Questions sur les Miracles

"There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one..."

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 17:44:55 +1000

“There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.”

- Leon Bambrock

"Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none is undeservedly remembered"

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 16:55:43 +1000

“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none is undeservedly remembered”

- W.H. Auden

"A fair decision implemented well, beats a great decision made badly, and that ‘keep your options..."

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:39:33 +1100

“A fair decision implemented well, beats a great decision made badly, and that ‘keep your options open’ thing is actually a disaster as a long term strategy.”

- Dave Evans, Designing the Life You Really Want

"Good design is about clarity over style, and accountability over ego."

Sun, 04 Nov 2018 03:09:13 +1100

“Good design is about clarity over style, and accountability over ego.”

- John Maeda

"We cannot have a society in which; if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen..."

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 09:24:29 +1000

“We cannot have a society in which; if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen is if it is financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them””

- Jaron Lanier, How we need to remake the Internet

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 05:44:02 +1000

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”

- George Orwell