Augie
@augierakow
Former translator, startup lawyer, Orrick partner, and a16z-backed founder. Now mostly Japanese novels, cooking for my wife, and enjoying home life.
『坊ちゃん』 夏目漱石 （1906） 聴き終わり 「親譲りの無鉄砲で子供の頃から損ばかりしている」という有名な冒頭の言葉にとことん共感した。…
100% in Trump’s side with the universities. Great to see this.
🚨BREAKING: Columbia University has agreed to pay Trump $200M + $20M to Jewish employees
Giant branch fell from neighbor’s tree. Right where we planted 7 new red roses a couple days ago. And where Ikuko was gardening until just minutes before. 25-foot, 150-250 lb branch. You never know when everything in your life can suddenly change …
この間新しい薔薇を植えた場所に、裏の家の高い木から太い枝が落ちてしまった。落ちてくる直前まで妻がいた場所だった。怖かった！💀
Train the feedback loop that makes you want to make people laugh.
I started this account just to make a girl laugh and it ended up becoming popular
True. Capitalism is nothing more than the **liberty** to accumulate and use capital.
Capitalism isn’t primarily about money - it’s about liberty. The rest - private property, individual rights, free speech - flows out from this. Capitalism isn’t primarily for the rich. It’s for the independent, the nonconformist, the freethinker.
Bring back “I reckon …” Less dogmatic than “I think …”. Stronger than “I feel …” 👍
One thing I notice with the Americans I work with, they don't start using "mate" until they've been here a couple years but they jump straight into using "reckon" as soon as they can
