Make it better. Make it more specific. We often discuss art this way: the artist had something he wanted to express, and then he just,… Read More »Intuition plus Iteration: George Saunders on Writing as Editing
…minor and major contributions… fluctuate together. Those periods in a creator’s life that see the most masterpieces also witness the greatest number of easily forgotten… Read More »Mass production: quality as a function of quantity
A long extract from a good episode of the Tim Ferriss show – link below. The thing that I think is important to communicate is,… Read More »Patrick Collison on the hedonic treadmill and the struggles of building Stripe
Humans are naturally sense-making, story-telling creatures. We’re wired to explain ourselves and the universe, to ourselves and to each other. We’re naturally ingenious fabulists, shrewd… Read More »Sacha Chapin on writing faster
When asked at an event if he had more to add on the skill – taste gap: I don’t know… That was something that I… Read More »Ira Glass on the skill – taste gap (2): Do it now
Ira Glass seems to have coined (or popularised) the idea of the taste-skill gap. Here’s an extract from the original interview (video below) – the… Read More »Ira Glass on the skill – taste gap (1)
I just came across this 2016 blog post from Stonemaier Games – the people behind the beautiful Wingspan, among others. Recommended. Here’s a snippet: Your… Read More »Jamey Stegmaier (Stonemaier Games): Your Idea is Brilliant; Your Idea is Worthless
With apologies for the anachronism… Nothing, at first view, may seem more unbounded than the thought of man, which not only escapes all human power… Read More »David Hume on combinatorial innovation and hybridity
/əˈkriː.ʃən/a gradual increase or growth by the addition of new layers or parts: “The gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.”the accretion of sediments in… Read More »Mind at Work: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, MVPs and innovation by accretion
You can’t run a personal best every time, and trying to do so will make it less likely that you’ll improve by much at all.… Read More »Personal Best