On 9/3/26
Daily Letter
Money, Work & Power × Inspiration & Quotes
MBA consensus is the funniest inverse indicator
Funny that everyone who wanted to make money in the mid 2000s learned to speak Chinese and everyone who wanted to do international development learned Arabic
If everything around you is falling apart, you always start by looking in the mirror first. That’s a common denominator
Preach
Impatience is such a great trait...it doesn't get enough credit.
Patience is solid for long-term vision & compounding results...but impatience & push make it possible to get there.
Patience gets all the credit.
Impatience does all the work.
Inspiration & Quotes × AI & New Tech
This is not a decision made for the benefit of children.
Why? If it were, they would be aggressively testing AI tutoring and measuring the results.
This is a political choice made for the teachers, the union would never let ai relegate them to what they truly are: glorified babysitters
Time and time again, research has shown that the best way to improve learning is personalized 1:1 tutoring
AI is the first technology that gives every kid the best world-class tutor specifically personalized to them
NYC bans it
People & Society
As social conditions and opportunities improve, social frustration grows more quickly.
My least favorite phrase in the entire English language is ‘do not attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence.’ Because if you’ve ever spent a moment in the real world, you would know that the most malicious people are also extremely incompetent.
Design & Objects
Tasting menus
Inspiration & Quotes
I prefer September. It is more feminine, more subtle, more mysterious. It resembles a spring seen in a dream.
Churchill spitting
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
Misc
You’re just scared, like a rookie. You’re like a kid at a talent show with a number pinned to your shirt.
You’ve got nothing or you would’ve shown me by now.
So get out, thank you, have a nice day
The real nineteenth century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx.
Would never want to switch with anyone honestly