Building and running the foundation has been a big journey, and I feel like I’ve learned along the way; I have some hope that I’ll be able to share some of those lessons here in a way that people find useful.
The most distant goal you can envision is like the furthest point you can see on the horizon. It might be difficult to reach, but if you commit yourself and get there, you realize it’s just a starting point for some further journey.
Imagine laying out all the ideas you've ever heard into some great plane somewhere, like you're dotting stars into the night sky. Once you have everything laid out, you can step back a bit, and try to organize things.
Something I've been thinking about lately is this idea that persistent failure can be much more impressive than success.
I try to read "a lot". As I've gotten older, I've found I really enjoy reading books as a way to unanchor myself from the churn and thrashing of thought induced by trying to stay on top of a never-ending deluge of blog posts, news articles, etc. I don't mean