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 š 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 donāt think I get it... but I like it? Is
3 years ago
A Beautiful New Word to Describe an Obscure Emotion
Hello intersectional thinkers š 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 š Greetings from Tokyo š¼! The home with which I hold a healthy love and hate relationship ā¦ Funny how we have relationships with cities just as we do with people. Since weāre on the topic of cities, hereās something I learnt about city planning: āMathematicians have solved
3 years ago
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
Hello intersectional thinkers š Greetings from rainy Vancouver! I was supposed to be writing to you from New York, but life happenedā¦ 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
The end of Chinatown
Hello intersectional thinkers š Greetings from Milanās Chinatown! When a Milanese friend of mine raved about this up-and-coming Italian restaurant [https://restaurantguru.com/Bosco-Verticale-Restaurant-Milan] near gentrified Chinatown, I knew I had to share this story from a month ago: Yesterday, I went back to Vancouverās Chinatown with my mom
3 years ago
A private conversation with Alain de Botton
We talk about: - ClichĆ©s - Becoming a better observer - Slowing down - Creating your own language - Broadening the conception of ānormalā
3 years ago
Those who tell stories rule society
As Plato boldly puts it: āThose who tell stories rule society.ā
3 years ago
Whatās your map of my territory?
āThe map appears to us more real than the land.āā D.H. Lawrence The map is not the territory - a fundamental mental model explained through stories
3 years ago