Essays and notes
Writing on innovation, companies, cities, ambition, progress, psychology, and human behaviour.
What Makes Certain Cities Magnets for Genius?
Genius doesn't just show up. It's pulled in. Certain cities, for brief incandescent moments, develop a kind of creative gravity.
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What Makes Certain Cities Magnets for Genius?
Genius doesn't just show up. It's pulled in. Certain cities, for brief incandescent moments, develop a kind of creative gravity.
Cities·2 min read - →
Why Do Innovative Ideas Often Arise from Industry Outsiders?
Here's a secret the experts won't tell you: the next big thing will almost certainly come from someone they've never heard of.
Innovation·2 min read - →
Why Do Some Innovations Thrive During Crisis?
Our greatest, fastest, most profound leaps forward are almost never born of tranquility. They are born of fire.
Innovation·2 min read - →
Why Is It Easier to Criticize Than to Support?
For every hand that lifts, a dozen that point. Why does criticism flow so freely while support feels scarce?
Human behaviour·3 min read - →
Why Does Struggle Often Produce More Original Minds Than Comfort?
History keeps whispering a stubborn counter-truth: the minds that bend the world rarely emerge from ease.
Progress·2 min read - →
Why Do Most People Overestimate How Much Others Are Thinking About Them?
Almost no one is thinking about us nearly as much as we think they are.
Psychology·2 min read - →
Why Do Some People Realize Their Goals Early While Others Never Do?
Clarity, for them, is not a prerequisite for movement. It is the result of movement.
Ambition·2 min read - →
Why Do Some People Feel Satisfied While Others Never Do?
Satisfaction is not the absence of desire. It is the presence of a self that no longer needs the next thing in order to feel real.
Human behaviour·2 min read