“Startup is just a group of people and technologies arranged around the founders that represent the currently shortest way to change the behavior of others. It is the founders passion, and in that it’s similar to works of art – you can’t help yourself but make it work.” – igzebedze
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The Future is Procrastination
“I didn’t read the article. After scanning it to get the gist, I saved it in my Instapaper account for later digestion. Maybe I’ll pull the article up on my Kindle in a few weeks if it still seems relevant.” – pwenzel
Ockham’s Thrist
Should people who exercise seek to proactively replace fluids lost, or can they rely on thirst to guide them during and after physical activity? And when they rehydrate, do they need all the salts, sugars, and other ingredients dumped into sports drinks, or is water fine? The correct answers are: best to rely on thirst, …
Bizzyness
“There is no one kind of being busy. I don’t necessarily want to be busy. I don’t feel like I need to prove anything by being busy. I even know that I’m more productive and creative when I’m *not* busy.” – Rex Hammock
table for two
“Think about how you’d feel if a guy sat down at your lunch table one afternoon when you were interviewing an applicant for a vice-president’s position and tried to sell the two of you a car, and wouldn’t go away.” – @Man. I don’t read Doc as much as I used to. Which means that …
A Tachyon Walks into a Bar
or out. I can never tell which.
Finding The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
“I’m interested in the small worlds, the small worlds that make life worth living.” – Keith Kahn-Harris Brilliant project. Just brilliant. “I will travel to a number of places to investigate experts and champions in small fields in small countries. As the title of the book suggests, I will start with a chapter on water …
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First Answer the Question for Yourself
“It was terribly frustrating because I remember I started with, ‘Who am I? Why am I here?’ and I never got back to that because there was never an opportunity for me to explain my life to people” – Admiral James Bond Stockdale
Towards a Longer Horizon
“…there’s an awful lot of effort being expended that is just never going to result in meaningful, truly disruptive innovation. And I think that’s a problem.” – Max Levchin
Gulp.
“To risk sounding like a broken record, why support a company that treats you like a criminal? I choose not to.” – jdeslip