Gav and Neal talked about an excerpt from the book, ‘The Wanderer’ by Sterling Hayden. A key quote: “To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial…
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The Goblin and the Blind
There’s a certain way that things turn and vibrate. A fusion and dance of reality, igniting a path; a continual movement forwards. Within this space we exist, we find our paths, propelled. Dreams continue to…
Discussing High Agency
So, what do you mean by High Agency? Neal I had a little look into it and it seems to be something, really, about being able to achieve, let’s say, a goal, but it doesn’t…
Seeking Greatness
Let’s start with a riddle You’re lost in a labyrinth and you need to get out quickly. It’s a matter of survival. You chance upon two robots in this labyrinth. One robot has the algorithm:…
Exploring the Faustian Spirit
Where did it come from, originally, this idea to explore the Faustian Spirit, or Neo-Fasutianism? Neal I was watching this video of the Paris Dakar Rally. It was some Dutch guy in the 70s is…
Complexity and size
Smaller isn’t less complex Globalisation is a complex system, that is itself interconnected with other complex systems (financial, geo-political, social, etc.). Ten years ago, back when I lived in France, I remember shopping in a…
The Inevitable: A review
The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly This is not a race against the machines. If we race against them, we lose. This is a race with the machines. You’ll be paid in the future based on…
The Creative Search Space
This is a summary of the book, ‘Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned – The Myth of the Objective’ by Kenneth Stanley and Joel Lehman, with my own interpretation converted into heuristics that we can use.…
Tipping the Iceberg Upside Down
“Here is the brief. You have until Friday.” Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are being asked to do something but have no clarity on why you have to work…
Getting Closer to Our Purpose
The origin story End of April 2021, Neal, Matt and myself regrouped one afternoon at my house to discuss and exchange face-to-face. It was the second time we met physically since we started the Personal…