Nothing is of its own explanation. Is there a better description of a cube than its own construction?
The decay of the American dream told in a profound, lyrical, winding epic. Like the buildings at the center of the film there is no way to understand it than to watch it. The rise and fall of compassion, and a revelation at the end that grounds the entire narrative.
A tough watch at times to be sure, but beautifully constructed.
In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Roy Bland captures a cynical, post-ideological, corrupt English society: “You scratch my conscience; I’ll drive your Jag.” You could say the same of today’s Silicon Valley. It used to believe it could change the world. Now it just hopes the world won’t change its stock price.
Think Different? Not anymore.
Om captures the lost soul of Silicon Valley. Where do we go from here?
Stuart Robson may have solved the problem of refactoring legacy CSS. Though I have to be honest, the web history buff in me just wants to use this to do some genuine digital archaeology on some long-running codebases.
Look how cool this is:
TIL lobsters aren’t immortal, but they are weirdly close to it. If they live to be a certain size, they reach the top of the food chain. At that point, they continue shedding their exoskeleton until it takes too much energy to do so, at which point they more or less die of exhaustion. Jellyfish really are immortal though.
Trying food from every country in the world, only in New York City in the most open-hearted and curious way. Seeing something like this, in the midst of everything else, is really something.
This is a good Wikipedia 25th anniversary post.
It’s the positivity mixed with the personal accountability of Mamdani that is so unique and hopeful to me. I want to see more of it.
I never want to hear any moral grandstanding from these boys ever again. The next time Tim Cook says “privacy is a human right,” the only possible response is to laugh in his face.
Elizabeth Lopatto brings the truth over on the Verge.
This movie’s trailer makes it seem like it’s going to be a classic love triangle. It’s much more complex than that. It’s the first honest confrontation of modern dating that I’ve seen, and a recognition of the intangibility of love. Celine Song delivers her message beautifully and directly, wrapped up in an elegant rom-com with all the right notes.
I remain thinking about slowing down. How to find the time to feel creative. Some of this is, of course, seasonal. As we get closer to one of the bigger launches I’ve ever done, it’s feeling like just a lot. So now isn’nt necesarrily the best time to plan this and I think as I get to my next season I will feel as if I have more time.
But now is a good time to prepare. And that’s what I aim to do.
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