Notes on hiring
Over the past decade-plus I’ve hired many dozens of people. Many of these hires went spectacularly well, and I
The cultural Doppler effect
The Doppler effect is what makes a siren change tones as it whooshes by. Because of the physics of sound
On having a 1-of-1 purpose
A unique purpose is something people will advise having in a theoretical way (I did it in this post last
The old shit doesn't work anymore
Last week I was on the phone with the head of a record label I respect. At the start of
Worldbuilding is creative resilience
“Artists excel at creating worlds. They do this first for themselves and then, when they share their work, for others…