The midday light wove through the whirling, dust-filled air and glanced against the waxed wood. The man ran his hands over the uneven counter: a scarred battlefield, its foxholes carved by an artillery of restless glasses and its surface washed by stank overpours. He fingered every last pockmark and massaged the wood as though it were his partner. Though he had no partner but the bottle.
Snippets
Be a little bit paranoid, knowing the assumptions you hold today could break tomorrow, and you’ll need enough room for error to make it to the next round.
- Morgan Housel, Save Like A Pessimist, Invest Like An Optimist
If I had to choose between my kids getting good grades and working on ambitious projects of their own, I'd pick the projects.
And not because I'm an indulgent parent, but because I've been on the other end and I know which has more predictive value.
- Paul Graham, A Project of One’s Own
In case you missed it, I’m experimenting with an idea.
A 10-day, high-signal reading list on Status.
A 10-day email course that curates the best articles around status and its role in human society.
You’ll get one email a day, each with a great article about Status.
Some will be short reads (<10 minutes), some slightly longer (~30 minutes), and some will be mega-articles (~1 hour).
In addition to these emails, you’ll also get a Notion template with the entire list of articles, my highlights from each one, and a space for you to save notes from each article.
I’ve priced it at $10.