Category: Reading List

Any difficulty in doing the right thing results from (evil, selfish) resistance, not from the fact that one cannot do all the good or valuable things that one is called upon to do.Irene McMullin

In a perfect world the importance of information wouldn’t rely on its author’s eloquence. But we live in a world where people are bored, impatient, emotional, and need complicated things distilled into easy-to-grasp scenes.Morgan Housel

When you’re forced to be simple, you’re forced to face the real problem. When you can’t deliver ornament, you have to deliver substance.Paul Graham

Very often, we don’t seek to be right, we seek to be “more right” compared to somebody else, whether an individual or a group of individuals.Anne-Laure Le Cunff

If you want to see if something works, make it. The whole thing. The simplest version of the whole thing – that’s what version 1.0 is supposed to be. But make that, put it out there, and learn.Jason Fried

Fast gets all our attention, slow has all the power.Stewart Brand

We love that you’re so grounded in science and data. But there’s more to making meaning than facts.Lois Kelly

Revolutions sometimes change the world to the better. Most often, however, it is better to evolve an existing design rather than throwing it away.W3C

Sure, you might be able to do the mundane aspects of your job, but you’re better off hiring someone else to do it so you can concentrate on your more important value: thinking creatively and strategically about your product and company’s future.Scott Belsky

Wesley Snipes on art, excellence and life after prison: ‘I hope I came out a better person’