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@startingfromnix
cartography of meaning | early stage investor, personal: http://www.startingfromnix.com
From my latest essay… “Transformation occurs through multiple collisions with reality.”
“I looked straight at you for a few instants. Such moments are my secret. There was what’s called perfect communion - I call it an acute state of happiness” - Agua Viva
Books should change your life. So should other people. In fact breakfast should change your life if its good enough. One should always bathe their destiny regularly. That's a benefit of fiction. Another world is always possible.
why do people always say "this book changed my life?" i dont believe that lives get changed that often. for me if a book keeps me going at roughly the same standard instead of degenerating in the clutches of entropy, that's enough of a miracle
year of the philosopher-builders
Every builder's first duty is philosophical: to decide what they should build for. AI is beginning to decide what ideas reach your mind—your next action, your next job, your next relationship. It will tempt you to outsource your thinking in ways you’ve never been tempted before.…
when you’re in it for the long haul
7 yrs ago I had a vague idea our patio would be better without umbrellas but a living umbrella. I wasn’t sure if it would work and I knew it would take yrs. Today … I’m full sun…(it’s a jasmine) it smells amazing and the shade is wonderful. Some plans are years in the making
Green in San Francisco. Green in Sutro Forest with long limbed trees and a pulse at the temple, green at the tufted base of Duboce Park. Green of the relentless procession of time, the ease of desire, the middle of beginning.
The main thing is this—when you get up in the morning you must take your heart in your two hands.
A statue must live: its flesh must come to life, its face and expression must speak. We must believe that we touch it and feel that it warms our hands.
from @zebriez's excellent essay and part-interview with Kevin Kelly, 'Flounder Mode'. It reminds me of that evergreen writing advice from Annie Dillard: "Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes."
