The thing that still confused me is how reliable supply chains are, or seem to be. The world is unpredictable—you’ve got earthquakes, labor strikes, mudslides, every conceivable tragedy—and yet as a consumer I can pretty much count on getting what I want whenever I want it.
How can it be possible to predict a package’s arrival down to the hour, yet know almost nothing about the conditions of its manufacture?
Snippets
We’re all busy. We’ve all taken on too much. Saying yes to less is the way out.
- Derek Sivers, No “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or “no.”
Remember that careless confidence you had as a kid when starting something new? That would be a powerful thing to recapture.
- Paul Graham, A Project of One’s Own
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