Picking a niche is cliché
Google results of "Finding a niche"Picking a niche is cliché. As Alain de Botton says, “The problem with clichés is not that they contain false ideas, but rather that they are superficial articulations of very good ones.” The concept of the niche is simple: to own a
2 years ago
Luxury needs context
There's a running joke in China about wealth: China is doing so well that even street vendors wear luxury casually. See evidence below:
3 years ago
The authority on beauty
Hello intersectional thinkers 👋 Greetings from my new Tokyo home where an embarassing train of thought went through my head as I was staring at our newly hung-up Isamu Noguchi washi paper print from the Omotesando MoMA design store. I don’t think I get it... but I like it? Is
3 years ago
A Beautiful New Word to Describe an Obscure Emotion
Hello intersectional thinkers 👋 Greetings from Tokyo - the place where I first experienced this jolting emotion: Sonder Noun The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My first vivid memory of sonder was on the Narita Airport Express heading into
3 years ago
Mathematicians have solved traffic jams
Hello intersectional thinkers 👋 Greetings from Tokyo 🗼! The home with which I hold a healthy love and hate relationship … Funny how we have relationships with cities just as we do with people. Since we’re on the topic of cities, here’s something I learnt about city planning: “Mathematicians have solved
3 years ago
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
Hello intersectional thinkers 👋 Greetings from rainy Vancouver! I was supposed to be writing to you from New York, but life happened… After a lot of sulking, I was reminded of this Navy SEALs adage: > Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. When I first heard this Navy SEAL maxim two
3 years ago