Apr 6, 2008
“Reducing the number of economic hardships that the poor have to deal with actually makes them more, not less, likely to work, just as repairing most of the dents on a car makes the owner more likely to fix the last couple on his own.
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Apr 6, 2008
“The world imposes constraints on us all, employee or free-lancer. But employees get handed constraints from above, without the motivations that ground them. Worse, they
get used to the idea of constraints without reason.
— me in counterpoint to
Nivi
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Apr 6, 2008
“Sadly, having my camera with me all the time has not made me actually use it more often.
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Apr 5, 2008
“Employees and founders both have to do a lot of things they don’t want to do. Employees must be told to do them—founders don’t.
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Apr 4, 2008
“The future of education lies with digital games. The best instructional platform is one that already attracts users to spend countless hours in its mastery.
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Apr 3, 2008
“Even though some may look like they have a frown on their face, they are very friendly people - many of them just work in offices, jobs they don’t enjoy, and so they do not smile as much as they should.
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Apr 3, 2008
“Focussing on money is identical to putting off a full life. Lust to make meaning out of your work.
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Apr 3, 2008
“Advice = Limited life experience + Overgeneralization
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Apr 1, 2008
“I want very much to die. But dying is hard work. Death is in control of the process, I cannot influence its course. All I can do is wait.
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