leaving out the years that he worked at AMD and LSI is a great eg of how a lionizing narrative works. it creates the impression of superhuman genius, which confers a valuable aura that has material impact on morale, negotiations, etc. Similar to “Singapore was a fishing village”

several stray thoughts on my mind that feel like they may come together interestingly 1. it's astounding to me how much a toddler can learn if they're interested in what they're learning. eg my 21mo knows the names of a whole bunch of train stations without us 'teaching' him

"Tragedy is about what you cannot undo. Horror is about what you cannot unsee. Terror is about what you cannot prevent." – @vgr

What are the emotional equivalents to “smart”, “sharp”, “clever”, “intelligent” etc? What adjectives would you use to describe someone who is emotionally savvy?

reflecting on how all my life it seemed like there was such a tremendous emphasis on the value of being cerebrally clever, and yet how all of the really wicked problems I’ve had + I’ve known people around me to have had, have come from incompetence with emotions, below the neck

“Buddha’s hand citron” bro that’s Cthulhu

fascinating end to a long arc. for those of you who don’t know, one of the seminal “founding moments” of ‘cancel culture’ was when Suey Park tried to #CancelColbert in 2014. It didn’t work then, but here we are now…

i wouldn't typically think to describe myself as an environmentalist because of all of the connotations, but i gotta say there's some really beautiful writing in this

oh to be a turtle chilling with his homies on a nice rock on a stream on a sunny day

rule #2 on /r/gemstones is pretty funny