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jefftweedy
VCR (The XX cover)

It takes so much poise to play music with that much space on such a big stage in front of a big audience. They were really doing something bold, with such a commitment to each other. I think it's an ideal example of what a band is.

— Jeff Tweedy | Starship Casual
1mo ago
personalcanon.com
i'm teaching 2 workshops this summer and you're invited

I use the word 'interlocutor' to describe someone who is invested in your work and helps you understand it more deeply, but is not directly involved in the way a collaborator would be. Interlocutors can help draw out what matters most to us (in a particular project, or in our overall practice).

3mo ago
dwarkesh.com
The mistake of conflating intelligence and power

Power is more the product of having the authority and trust to get lots of people to collaborate with you, rather than some galaxy brain scheming capability. Trump is not powerful because his brain, considered in isolation, is the most effective optimization engine on Earth. He is powerful because the government which hundreds of millions of people consider legitimate gives him a lot of power.

4mo ago
readtrung.com
Tim Cook's Apple

Industrial engineering is essentially the study of people and machines. [It's about] how the two working together can create things that they couldn't create on their own. I've always viewed the supply chain to be a bit of a piece of art when it was done correctly. Because it's a symphony of…1000s of different components and parts coming together to create something.

4mo ago

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