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For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.
David Foster Wallace on the necessity of quiet time in order to read.
A Starter's Guide to the Deceptively Simple Poetic Form
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Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer culture (the customer is always right) and those where comfort is coming to be expected. Given all the complaining we do (about the weather, leadership, products, service and various ailments), it’s worth taking a moment to think about why we complain. […]
Peter Drucker didn’t say “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” but reality rarely gets in the way of a good quote. But what does it mean? I think what ‘not Drucker’ meant was that MBA tactics will always be subverted by the power of systems, and that systems disguise themselves as culture (“what are things like […]
This week I’m in The UnPopulist with an article about the politics of the abundance agenda:
Are more famous figures dying, and if so, why?
