Notes
Like Twitter, but without all the white supremacists. Thoughts are works in progress.
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The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves
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These times weren't unprecedented, you just weren't paying attention
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Design is the process of intentionally creating something while simultaneously considering its objective (purpose), function, economics, sociocultural factors, and aesthetics.
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You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you're capable of great violence. If you're not capable of violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless.
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Stop thinking so much. You're breaking your own heart.
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"Looking back" doesn't mean "turning around", you're not going backwards, it means getting your bearings and making sure you're still heading in the right direction
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In much of my work, I'm simply making models of my inner life
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What if I built a company around the idea that the expected amount of productivity was what disabled people could do?
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And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. --John Muir
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Capitalism isn't a sustainable economic model. What would be?
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“‘Amateur.’ You say that as if it was a dirty word or something, but ‘amateur’ comes from the Latin word ‘amare,’ which means love, love. To do things for the love of it.” --Rodrigo, Mozart in the Jungle
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As a white guy, I need to walk the path of most resistance to unlearn my entitlements
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Pseudo wisdom
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There's incredible value in stories, which is why I ought not to tell others, they are theirs to hold or release
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The same people who love to talk about how we should get out of our comfort zone to learn, don't seem that keen on being uncomfortable to unlearn racism.
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It's easy enough for Marcus Aurelius to be a fucking stoic, he was the god damn emperor of Rome. I'm just a guy from Finland.
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Diaspora. I woke up with that word in my head and had to look up if it was real
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This note was made from my phone
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It's alive!